Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2023 04:10:00 +0000
Power projects are filled with risk. One of the biggest risks today for clean energy developers involves interconnection constraints. And according to Sarp Ozkan, vice president of Commercial Product at
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Read moreCredit to Author: Mark Ludewig| Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 19:28:44 +0000
Temporary work zones are often required when constructing or rehabilitating power generation facilities and infrastructure. Safety is the essential factor in any industrial setting, and this is especially true when […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:13:00 +0000
The power system is changing and electricity suppliers need to adapt or get left behind. Experts weigh in on what leaders should be focusing on and how these items will affect utilities in the future. The
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2023 12:30:40 +0000
The new Mega Grant program, created by the President’s infrastructure law, will bring massive economic benefits to communities across the nation. NEW YORK – Today, President Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced that the Biden-Harris Administration has awarded nearly $1.2 billion from the new National Infrastructure Project Assistance (Mega) discretionary grant program for nine […]
Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 23:20:20 +0000
The Duquesne Light Co. (DLC) may not be among the best-known electric power companies in the U.S., but for its customers in Allegheny and Beaver counties in southwestern Pennsylvania, the company has been a steady presence in the community for more than a century. “We are a Pittsburgh-based utility company. We’ve been in operation for […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2022 17:32:12 +0000
The U.S. will rely on utility leaders to scale smart grid infrastructure and reduce carbon emissions. Climate change has captured the world’s attention for decades. We’ve seen countless intergovernmental summits, worldwide protests, and documentaries on global warming over the years. Although momentum has been building across the public and private sectors, leaders are preparing for […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:40:30 +0000
In Part 1, I went through the problem of power grid security, and how it affects other vital services outside of electricity (water, telecommunications, etc.). I covered one notable attack, and how power companies and the government addressed it, and rather successfully. But, terrorists with rifles (who have tried this around the world) are far […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 15:25:14 +0000
A few days ago, I came across a Twitter thread that reminded me about an incident in 2013. At that point, I was in college and taking a graduate course on critical infrastructure, and we had a lot of interesting discussion about the event, the power grid, and the problem of interrelated dependencies. But, before […]
Credit to Author: P.R. Kumar| Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 14:10:18 +0000
“Cyber-physical systems” are the next generation of closely integrated physical and cyber systems. Several critical systems such as the power grid, autonomous transportation systems, and process control systems are examples of cyber-physical systems. They are liable to be attacked by malicious agents who can compromise the sensor measurements being used to control them. Indeed, there […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Michael O’Donnell| Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 17:52:47 +0000
Electric vehicles are coming. Do you hear them? (Probably not.) The exact speed of our collective embrace of electric vehicles (EVs) will vary around the country—due to factors such as EV familiarity, vehicle availability, purchase prices and incentives—but the cars are coming down the road at a steady clip. In the immediate future, U.S. President […]
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