Grid Security & Reliability

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    Deep Dive

    EPRI’s Open Power AI Consortium plans to fuel grid modernization with data sharing

    Utilities, tech companies and regulators are facing a conundrum: Utilities want to use AI, but AI needs access to unavailable utility data to be effective.

    By • Updated 23 hours ago
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    National Grid, Con Edison, other utilities urge FERC to consider gas pipeline reliability measures

    “The challenges facing interstate pipelines … continue to intensify warranting greater regulatory involvement and standardization of practices,” the utilities said.

    By • April 28, 2025
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    Trendline

    Grid Resiliency

    Utilities and grid operators are facing increasing threats from climate change as well as cyber and physical attacks, and are deploying a variety of responses to meet the rising challenges.

    By Utility Dive staff
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    Smaller, public utilities see growth potential in data centers, but there are risks: APPA

    Utility leaders can take steps to attract potentially lucrative large loads while mitigating risks for existing customers, the American Public Power Association says.

    By Brian Martucci • April 24, 2025
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    Lightshift to build 11-MW storage project for Virginia municipal utility

    Danville Utilities intends to use the project to cut its peak demand in an effort to lower transmission and capacity charges by about $30 million.

    By • April 24, 2025
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    Cold-weather grid performance improves, plus 4 other FERC open meeting takeaways

    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Mark Christie defended the PJM Interconnection amid an uproar over its capacity market.

    By • April 18, 2025
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    Schneider Electric debuts data center consulting service

    EcoConsult for Data Centers offers a road map to boost operational efficiency, maximize uptime and extend equipment and facility service life, Schneider says.

    By Brian Martucci • April 17, 2025
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    Opinion

    The US is facing unprecedented load growth. Here’s how we ensure resource adequacy.

    Adding sufficient resources fast enough to reliably meet the growth will require an array of demand- and supply-side resources as well as stronger transmission interconnection planning.

    By Samuel Newell • April 17, 2025
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    Trump administration ordered to resume IRA funding

    The decision, which stated federal agencies lacked authority to pause funding, follows the president’s executive order to freeze the money on his first day in office. 

    By Kate Magill • April 17, 2025
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    LUMA installs Puerto Rico’s first smart meter

    Through a partnership with Itron, the smart meter installations are starting in the capital of San Juan and will extend island-wide over three years, LUMA says.

    By • April 15, 2025
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    NERC proposes cold weather reliability standard

    Quickly addressing generator freezing issues “will help ensure that the grid is better equipped to withstand and recover from extreme cold weather,” the North American Electric Reliability Corp. said.

    By • April 14, 2025
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    Opinion

    The AI infrastructure race hits a political reality check

    The AI-driven data center boom has created demand for land, electricity and water, a dynamic that has spawned growing opposition from communities, utility grid operators and regulators.

    By Joe Brettell and Jeff Berkowitz • April 10, 2025
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    Lawmakers mull government-wide supply chain improvement effort

    Congress is debating the Promoting Resilient Supply Chains Act at a time when demand for electricity is rising and supplies of critical grid equipment are constrained.

    By • April 10, 2025
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    Trump aims to boost coal, in part by ordering power plants to stay open

    However, the executive orders will likely have little effect on coal-fired generation, according to analysts.

    By • April 9, 2025
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    US electricity demand will grow 50% by 2050, electrical manufacturer study finds

    Data centers and transportation electrification will drive U.S. electricity demand about 2% higher each year for the next quarter century, according to a new analysis completed for the National Electrical Manufacturers Association.

    By • April 7, 2025
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    AI model performance improvements show no signs of slowing down

    The energy efficiency of AI models has increased by 40% each year, according to a report from the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI.

    By Lindsey Wilkinson • April 7, 2025
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    The undeniable case for American-made utility supply chains

    Domestic manufacturing is the strategic solution to critical U.S. grid vulnerabilities

    By Nate Walkingshaw, CEO and co-founder of Torus • April 7, 2025
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    SPP to rely on demand response to help bridge shrinking power supplies: CEO Nickell

    “Excess generating capacity is dwindling, and it's dwindling to a point where it's becoming dangerous,” the Southwest Power Pool’s Lanny Nickell said Thursday.

    By • April 4, 2025
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    DOE offers 16 locations for possible data center, energy infrastructure development

    The federal government is seeking input on data center “power needs, timelines, and approaches to co-locating energy sources with data centers or sources for surplus interconnection capacity.”

    By • April 4, 2025
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    PG&E announces microgrid awards for $43M as Sunrun joins its 2025 VPP

    The nine microgrid projects will serve about 9,000 customers in disadvantaged or vulnerable Northern California communities, the utility said.

    By Brian Martucci • April 2, 2025
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    ISO New England issues transmission RFP to access new wind resources

    The grid operator wants to upgrade the transmission system between northern Maine, where wind generation is expected to be built, and demand centers in southern New England.

    By • April 1, 2025
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    Opinion

    We asked 100 utility program leaders for their top challenges and opportunities. Here’s what they said.

    Grid modernization, growing demand and artificial intelligence are among the top issues facing electric utility leaders, according to an ICF survey.

    By Justin Mackovyak • March 31, 2025
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    What your grid models aren’t telling you about electric vehicles

    Traditional load management ignores the biggest EV grid impacts. Distribution orchestration is key.

    March 31, 2025
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    Utilities should develop data center tariffs to protect consumers, decarbonize: SWEEP

    Rising data center electricity demands threaten utility decarbonization efforts, potentially requiring fossil fuel generation and pulling renewables away from other electrification efforts, per a Southwest Energy Efficiency Project report.

    By • March 28, 2025
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    US energy infrastructure gets a D+ from American Society of Civil Engineers

    The energy sector’s 2025 Infrastructure Report Card grade dropped from the C-  it received in 2021, with ASCE citing several threats facing the aging grid.

    By • March 27, 2025
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    Opinion

    Outsmarting outages: AI predicts disruptions before they happen

    As the energy landscape evolves with renewable resources and electric vehicles, the predictive outage model equips utilities with the agility needed to prioritize maintenance based on real-time data.

    By Michael Juchno and Zaki Arifulla • March 27, 2025