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Much of North America, particularly the eastern two-thirds of the continent, are at elevated risk of having insufficient energy supplies to meet demand in extreme operating conditions this winter, according to the North American Electric Reliability Corp.
A grid security roundtable exercise held over the summer at NORAD in Colorado Springs, Colorado, resulted in a robust series of key takeaways including that the Department of Defense should work with Sector Risk Management Agencies and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to further enhance ongoing resilience efforts across critical infrastructure, a recently released report said
Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems and NuScale Power announced on Nov. 8 that they have mutually agreed to terminate a small modular reactor project called the Carbon Free Power Project.
Texas residents recently voted in favor of the creation of the Texas Energy Fund, which will provide grants and loans to finance the construction, maintenance, modernization, and operation of electric facilities in the state.
San Antonio, Texas public power utility CPS Energy recently joined with the Public Utility Commission of Texas to provide leaders from San Antonio and Bexar County, Texas, a tour of CPS Energy and City of San Antonio emergency facilities.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation on Nov. 7 released a final report on Winter Storm Elliott, the Christmas 2022 storm that contributed to power outages for millions of electricity customers in the Eastern half of the country.
Voters in Maine on Nov. 7 rejected a ballot proposal that would have replaced investor-owned utilities in Maine with a statewide, consumer-owned utility called Pine Tree Power.
Delorean Power LLC and Massachusetts public power utility Groton Electric Light Department on Nov. 8 unveiled two battery energy storage facilities. One project will be located at a GELD substation, while the other one will be located on the grounds of the town’s newly constructed elementary school.