Grid Security & Reliability
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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 -
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TrendlineCybersecurity of the Grid
While cyberthreats to the power sector are expanding, so are the tools to address them. But a key question remains — are companies doing what's needed to reduce the risk?
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Ratepayer advocates urge PJM to include RMR power plants in capacity auctions
PJM should hold a stakeholder process to include reliability-must-run plants and, if needed, delay the next auction, set to take place in December, to avoid “unjust and unreasonable” prices, they said.
By Ethan Howland • Sept. 3, 2024 -
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OpinionGetting real about reliability in PJM
The July capacity auction for the 2025/26 delivery was the first auction in over five years that sent a message to power suppliers: We need you to stay, and we need you to bring some more friends.
By Glen Thomas • Aug. 29, 2024 -
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Better grid edge visibility is key for load forecasting, cost control: Heatmap Labs panel
Advanced metering infrastructure is already enabling more effective distribution grid operation and planning, but regulatory support and proactive utility investment is needed now, panelists said.
By Brian Martucci • Aug. 28, 2024 -
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Sponsored by SouthwireHow software and AI bolster grid resilience
Grid resilience has never been as critical or as challenging as it is today.
Aug. 26, 2024 -
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New England may need ‘vast renewable build-out’ by 2050 to meet state decarbonization goals: ISO
By 2045, wind and solar resources are projected to meet just 10 GW of the 51 GW peak gross load during peak winter demand, according to the grid operator’s modeling.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 23, 2024 -
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Data center vacancy rate hits record low in H1 2024 as power supply challenges persist: CBRE
Demand for high-power computing is driving a significant price gap between new data centers and legacy facilities, which lack the infrastructure to support workload demands, the firm says.
By Joe Burns • Aug. 22, 2024 -
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Deep DiveCalifornia pioneers new ways to ease interconnection of large DERs
Limited generation profiles in California will schedule limits to DERs during system constraints. New York, Illinois, Colorado and others are testing more flexible approaches.
By Herman K. Trabish • Aug. 21, 2024 -
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With 10 new climate resilience centers, DOE aims to translate research into local action
Researchers will work on actionable science and tools to help local stakeholders combat extreme heat, flooding, drought and more, the U.S. Department of Energy announced last week.
By Ysabelle Kempe • Aug. 20, 2024 -
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New York encourages electrification with new grid planning process, affordability pilot
“The rate at which consumers are electrifying buildings and vehicles has the potential to outpace the existing grid planning processes,” the New York Public Service Commission said.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 19, 2024 -
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Sponsored by HuronArtificial intelligence and workplace safety: A new era for the energy and utilities sector
AI’s potential to revolutionize safety standards in the energy and utilities workplace is significant, yet it presents its own set of challenges.
By Simar Grewal • Aug. 19, 2024 -
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CenterPoint cannot cancel $800M lease for large mobile generators unused during Beryl
The utility should weigh its options, including subleasing the generators and renegotiating contracts, members of the Public Utility Commission of Texas said Thursday.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 16, 2024 -
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Texas AG investigates CenterPoint storm response, possible ‘fraud, waste’
Hurricane Beryl left 2.3 million CenterPoint customers without power in July, spurring questions about the utility’s storm preparedness and restoration efforts.
By Robert Walton • Aug. 14, 2024 -
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CrowdStrike snafu was a ‘dress rehearsal’ for critical infrastructure disruptions, CISA director says
Despite the disruption, Jen Easterly said the outage was a "useful exercise" to determine the resiliency of critical infrastructure organizations.
By Matt Kapko • Aug. 12, 2024 -
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Sponsored by Copper LabsIt’s time for a new approach to ensure utilities can get the data they need without driving up customer bills
A modern AMx framework can help utilities better balance meter infrastructure and affordability needs by enabling mixed-meter portfolios and improving cost-effectiveness.
Aug. 5, 2024 -
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Sponsored by Franklin EnergyElectrifying the future: How landmark legislation and strategic collaboration are shaping the energy landscape
Recent years have seen the enactment of landmark legislation aimed at addressing the pressing issue of climate change.
Aug. 5, 2024 -
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PJM capacity prices hit record highs, sending build signal to generators
Consumers across the PJM Interconnection footprint will pay $14.7 billion for capacity in the 2025/26 delivery year, up from $2.2 billion in the last auction.
By Ethan Howland • July 31, 2024 -
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NREL tool lets utilities quantify potential monetary losses from cyberattacks
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory also published a report on runZero’s security platform, which can utilize active scanning techniques to reveal “hidden” risks in a utility system.
By Robert Walton • July 29, 2024 -
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Sponsored by Franklin Electric Grid SolutionsThe crucial role of monitoring and testing solutions within power-dependent facilities
Explore the network of power assets charged with maintaining data center uptime.
July 29, 2024 -
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Sponsored by ScottMaddenCreating impactful workforce development programs in the energy industry
Since 2006, the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) has conducted bi-annual surveys to explore trends in the energy workforce and support companies in the industry with strategic workforce planning initiatives.
By Matt Shait, Director and Emma Park, Senior Associate, ScottMadden • July 29, 2024 -
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NERC wary of 100 GW in possible plant retirements and other takeaways from CEO Jim Robb
Interconnection queues, filled with renewables projects, outstrip existing capacity by a 2-to-1 margin while increasing generator retirements complicate reliability issues, Robb said Thursday at the WIRES conference.
By Robert Walton • July 26, 2024 -
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Data centers can drive revenues for Dominion, Pinnacle West, Southern, but there are risks: Moody’s
Electric utilities looking to benefit from data center growth could face credit risks in the event new power demand does not materialize as expected, according to Moody’s Ratings.
By Robert Walton • July 23, 2024 -
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NERC should lead development of new approach to resource adequacy assessments: report
Grid planning criteria must “evolve to reflect a new reality,” said Mark Lauby, senior vice president and chief engineer for the North American Electric Reliability Corp.
By Robert Walton • July 23, 2024 -
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Deep DiveInnovative solutions emerge to reduce 2.5-TW US clean energy interconnection backlog
California’s project scoring criteria, the Texas connect and manage option and SPP’s work to link system planning with the interconnection process across its multistate region could speed the clean energy expansion.
By Herman K. Trabish • July 22, 2024
