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Reliability

ReliabilityFirst Shares Analysis of August 2025 Baltimore Load Shed Event

ReliabilityFirst recently published a report that details and analyzes the August 11, 2025 bulk power system disturbance that impacted approximately 4,000 customers in the Baltimore area for a duration of 28 minutes.
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Transmission

Study Projects How Transmission, Renewables Could Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Western U.S.

If all the high-voltage transmission currently under construction and in advanced stages of permitting is built by 2030 in the Western U.S. -- enabling the construction of new renewable energy projects -- carbon dioxide emissions in the Western United States would drop by 73 percent compared to 2005, a new report issued by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory found.

Village of Merrillan Comprehensive Energy Plan and Electric Infrastructure Upgrades

The Village of Merrillan is seeking a qualified consultant to conduct a Comprehensive Energy Plan at its existing facilities to identify the feasibility of converting its energy delivery system from 2400 volts to 7200 volts. The goal of this project is to reduce energy losses, increase resiliency
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Safety and Risk: The Compact Between Individuals and Organizations

Safety: the condition of being safe from undergoing or causing hurt, injury, or loss – Merriam Webster Risk: possibility of loss or injury – Merriam Webster I’ve been thinking about...
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Reliability

Village of Stuart, Nebraska, Completes Voltage Switchover Project

The Village of Stuart, Neb., recently completed an electric distribution system voltage switchover project, which is expected to result in a more efficient electric system with reduced line losses, demand charges, and required maintenance.
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Generation

DOE Updates Form for Emergency Incident and Disturbance Report

The U.S. Department of Energy has updated Form DOE-417, Emergency Incident and Disturbance Report.
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Workforce

Staying Competitive: Why Public Power Needs to Pay Equitably

This report explains why public power needs to pay competitive wages - not only to retain talented workers, but to maintain public power's key advantages within a community. The report...
October 30, 2019

Extreme Weather Continues to Threaten Grid Reliability: NERC

Extreme weather events continue to pose the greatest risk to the reliability and stability of the North American bulk power system, even though the system remains highly reliable and resilient, according to the latest assessment from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation.
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Distributed Energy Resources

Department of Interior Announces Funding for Installation of Solar Panels over Irrigation Canals

The Department of the Interior recently announced a $19 million investment to install solar panels over irrigation canals in California, Oregon and Utah. They are being funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, which makes available $25 million for the design, study and implementation of projects to cover Reclamation-related water conveyance facilities with solar panels.