Grid Security & Reliability
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OpinionTo minimize AI’s cyber risks to energy infrastructure, start with the design phase
Artificial intelligence will escalate cyber threats, and — if left unprotected — it could create new vulnerabilities at the heart of energy infrastructure.
By Leo Simonovich • Oct. 31, 2024 -
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Grid-interactive efficient building systems need robust cybersecurity measures, DOE says
Federal facilities managers must assess the potential risks of GEB systems and understand how they can affect the physical and data security of overarching systems where they are deployed, the Department of Energy says.
By Brian Martucci • Oct. 30, 2024 -
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Rising peak demand, extreme weather and other factors are raising power outage risks in the U.S., but FERC and other stakeholders are pursuing multiple actions to address reliability concerns.
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CenterPoint acquires smaller generators to aid in grid restorations, following Hurricane Beryl criticism
An independent analysis of CenterPoint’s July storm response included 77 recommendations, two-thirds of which the utility has already completed or is in the process of implementing.
By Robert Walton • Oct. 29, 2024 -
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Deep DiveAPS, Duke, other utilities pursue new climate resilience strategies as some await upcoming tools
APS and Duke, along with Central Hudson Gas & Electric, PacifiCorp and Puget Sound Energy, see different paths to reach resilience planning’s potential while awaiting EPRI metrics to address uncertainties.
By Herman K. Trabish • Oct. 28, 2024 -
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Sponsored by UlteigThe future of grid modernization: Enhancing resilience and reliability
Explore key strategies for a resilient and reliable grid.
Oct. 28, 2024 -
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MISO, TVA to sell ‘emergency energy’ under proposed agreement
“MISO and TVA have become increasingly focused on the need for additional coordination and planning to better ensure reliability in an emergency,” MISO told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
By Ethan Howland • Oct. 25, 2024 -
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OpinionAmid hurricanes and wildfires, the legacy grid, not clean power, is failing local communities
The latest bout of extreme heat is proving that we can increasingly and reasonably rely on renewable energy and storage to save us from catastrophic power outages even as the planet warms.
By Akshat Kasliwal and Anirudh Mathur • Oct. 23, 2024 -
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AI, data center load could drive ‘extraordinary’ rise in US electricity bills: Bain analyst
Utility revenue requirements to serve growing data center electricity demand could increase customer bills by 1% annually through 2032, according to Bain & Company.
By Robert Walton • Oct. 23, 2024 -
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PJM floats options for fast-track interconnection for shovel-ready projects
The plan may face challenges at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and in courts for giving a preference to certain generating projects, some PJM stakeholders said.
By Ethan Howland • Updated Oct. 21, 2024 -
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DOE selects nearly $2B in projects for grid resilience funding
The projects will boost transmission capacity by more than 7.5 GW, accelerate interconnection for clean energy and spark over $4.2 billion in public and private investment, according to DOE.
By Ethan Howland • Oct. 18, 2024 -
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OpinionAchieving energy resilience: Deep insight into threats, assets and national policy is the first step
While many energy companies maintain business continuity plans, true resilience requires moving beyond this standard approach to become more innovative and adaptive in this heightened threat environment.
By Brian Harrell and Mark Freedman • Oct. 18, 2024 -
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Supreme Court rejects calls to put a hold on EPA power plant carbon rule
Utilities asking the court to stay the rule included American Electric Power, Duke Energy, MidAmerican Energy, PacifiCorp and Southern Co.
By Ethan Howland • Oct. 17, 2024 -
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Sponsored by Black & VeatchAre utilities ready for data centers’ big AI energy?
Amidst challenges of renewable integration and aging infrastructure, Black & Veatch’s new report signals data center power demands may test utilities’ capacity planning.
By Phil Fischer, Black & Veatch, Data Center Client Executive • Oct. 14, 2024 -
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Hurricane Milton slams Florida, leaving 3.4M utility customers without power
About 71% of Tampa Electric’s customers were without electricity Thursday morning after the hurricane hit land on Florida’s west coast.
By Ethan Howland • Oct. 10, 2024 -
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DOE offers microgrid funding with focus on Alaska, Hawaii, indigenous tribes
“DOE plans to work closely with rural and tribal communities to develop microgrid technologies that will lead to more reliable, affordable energy in isolated regions,” science and innovation chief Geri Richmond said.
By Ethan Howland • Oct. 7, 2024 -
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Sponsored by Energy ExemplarWhy decarbonization, reliability and affordability depend on co-optimized planning
Holistic planning can highlight opportunities for gas and power systems to optimize their interdependence, as well as help avoid dangerous disruptions in supplies of energy.
Oct. 7, 2024 -
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In areas hardest hit by Helene, rural cooperatives could need weeks to restore power
Mudslides, flooding and downed trees are challenging utilities in remote areas as they work to restore power. So far, supply chains have kept pace with the need for replacement equipment.
By Robert Walton • Oct. 2, 2024 -
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Utility conferences to watch in 2025
Start planning for 2025’s biggest power sector events, which will cover the clean energy transition, the impact of the 2024 elections and more.
By Larry Pearl, Ethan Howland, Robert Walton, Diana DiGangi • Oct. 1, 2024 -
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PJM artificially inflates capacity prices by billions, complaint alleges
The PJM Interconnection is artificially boosting its capacity prices by not accounting for reliability must-run power plants in its capacity market, the Sierra Club and other groups told FERC.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 30, 2024 -
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Sponsored by GridX & UplightVirtual power plants and time-varying rates: The next big power move for a smarter grid
The energy system is fundamentally changing. There is a major need for new grid management strategies to handle this transition and the challenges that come along.
By Rachel Bryant, Senior Director of Regulatory & Policy Business Development at GridX and Alex Lopez, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Uplight • Sept. 30, 2024 -
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Millions without power after Hurricane Helene rocks Southeast
The storm struck Florida as a Category 4 and moved inland. More than 4 million customers lacked power Friday morning.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 27, 2024 -
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Opinion5 ways utilities and other climate planners can tackle extreme heat
As climate change causes extreme heat to spread and become more frequent, the health and energy insecurity impacts faced by vulnerable populations will grow, too.
By Judsen Bruzgul and Mason Fried • Sept. 27, 2024 -
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NERC sounds alarm over winter gas supplies, potential grid impacts
December could be colder than normal across the northern and midwestern U.S., and grid operators and the natural gas sector say they are preparing.
By Robert Walton • Sept. 19, 2024 -
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Sponsored by Dunsky Energy + Climate AdvisorsGo big or go home? How utilities can win the energy transition race
By leaning into change and driving the transition forward, energy providers can come out of this transition as leaders.
Sept. 9, 2024 -
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WestTEC to develop West-wide ‘actionable’ transmission plan
The initiative aims to develop interregional and interstate transmission portfolios across the West on 10- and 20-year timeframes.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 6, 2024
