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Helene’s Historic Devastation Spurs Largest-Ever Mutual Aid Response, Signals Power Sector Reckoning

October 3, 2024 admin co-ops, Electric Cooperatives, emergency response, Extreme weather, full coverage, grid resilience, hurricane helene, mutual aid, news, news and notes, nreca, power infrastructure, power outages, resilience, Safety, storm recovery, Storms, T&D, transmission and distribution, utility sector, workforce

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 17:48:28 +0000

Electric cooperatives across the Southeast describe Hurricane Helene’s devastation as vast and unprecedented, warning that restoring some crucial infrastructure serving the not-for-profit entities’ customers will take a long and arduous […]

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Microgrids Take Major Role for Reliability, Resiliency

June 26, 2024 admin batteries, bess, Business, c&i, commercial and industrial, distributed energy, Distributed Generation, distributed power, Energy Storage, full coverage, gallaudet university, ieee, Infrastructure, International, itron, kb home, mainspring energy, microgrid, microgrids, nerc, news, nreca, power, power grid, san diego gas & electric, scale microgrids, schneider electric, Smart Grid, T&D, Technology

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2024 12:30:29 +0000

An array of technologies, both thermal and renewable, are being used in the design of microgrids, supporting distributed power generation across several sectors. The use of microgrids to provide reliable […]

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States, Trade Groups Sue EPA Over New Fossil Fuel Rules

May 9, 2024 admin Business, CCS, climate change, Coal, D.C. Circuit, Environmental, EPA, full coverage, Gas, lawsuits, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, nma, nreca, pjm, reliability, retirements, states, Technology

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 09 May 2024 22:41:20 +0000

More than two dozen states and a handful of trade groups filed separate lawsuits in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, challenging parts of the Environmental Protection […]

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DOE Eases Requirements in Final Transformer Efficiency Standards Amid Supply Chain Strain

April 16, 2024 admin amorphous metal, appa, distribution transformers, DOE, EEI, efficiency, electrical steel, electrification, full coverage, goes, Legal & Regulatory, Markets, news, nreca, nrel, power, power industry, standards, supply chain, supply chains

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 19:08:46 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) final energy efficiency standards for distribution transformers appear to strike a compromise with industry, softening the agency’s stance on steel requirements for essential transformer […]

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Tri-State Closing Arizona, Colorado Coal Plants Early, Investing in More Renewables

December 2, 2023 admin climate change, Coal, coal plant retirements, cooperative, funding, irã, new era, news, nreca, power, Renewables, retirement, rural, Solar, tri-state, tri-state generation and transmission, usda, western resource advocates, Wind

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2023 14:11:09 +0000

Colorado-based cooperative Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association will accelerate the closure of a coal-fired unit in the northwestern part of the state, and also announced a retirement date for an […]

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U.S. Power Sector Trade Groups Flag Critical Electrical Steel Crunch

May 25, 2023 admin amorphous steel, appa, Business, DOE, EEI, electrification, energy security, evs, goes, iija, irã, Legal & Regulatory, lpts, news, nreca, Policy, supply chain, Technology, trade groups, transformers

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 25 May 2023 14:52:46 +0000

Nine trade groups—including four representing the power sector—have urged the Biden administration to prioritize actions that support the domestic production of electrical steel, warning that shortages are contributing to “significant […]

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Reconsider Distribution Transformer Efficiency Standards, Power Groups Urge DOE

February 16, 2023 admin appa, Business, distributed power, distribution transformers, DOE, EEI, full coverage, gridwise, news, nreca, supply chain, supply chains, Technology, transformers

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:12:32 +0000

Three major electric power trade groups in a letter on Feb. 15 urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to reconsider proposed energy efficiency conservation standards for distribution transformers, citing “severe and ongoing supply chain challenges that have prolonged and complicated distribution transformer production and availability.” The letter was sent ahead of a public meeting scheduled […]

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USA Braces For Tsunami Of Microgrids As Defense Dept. Wades In — CleanTechnica Interview

February 22, 2020 admin arpa-e, clean power, Department of Defense, grid, INTERVIEWS, microgrids, national rural electric cooperative association, nreca, open modeling framework

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 18:51:09 +0000

The Defense Department is taking steps to accelerate the microgrid revolution by tapping the analytic power of rural electric cooperatives

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USA Braces For Tsunami Of Microgrids As Defense Dept. Wades In (#CleanTechnica Exclusive Interview)

February 22, 2020 admin clean power, Department of Defense, Electricity, grid, INTERVIEWS, microgrids, nreca

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 18:51:09 +0000

The Defense Department is taking steps to accelerate the microgrid revolution by tapping the analytic power of rural electric cooperatives

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FERC, NERC Want to Disclose Names, Penalties for Cybersecurity Reliability Violations

August 28, 2019 admin appa, Business, ceii, connected plant, critical energy/electric infrastructure information, Cybersecurity, DOE, EEI, ferc, iiot, iiot cyber, iiot power, Legal & Regulatory, nerc, news, nop, nreca, penalties, privacy, private sector, Security, Uncategorized

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2019 16:52:16 +0000

The names of bulk power system entities that violate federal critical infrastructure cybersecurity reliability standards—along with identification of standards violated and penalties assessed—may soon be routinely disclosed under changes proposed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Reliability Corp. (NERC). The proposed changes, which FERC and NERC outlined in an Aug. […]

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