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    A model of an electrical substation. Net zero or real zero energy by 2050 has dramatic implications on the current planning, design, operations and maintenance of the electric transmission and distribution grid that delivers that energy. Photo 6794713 © Pavel Losevsky | Dreamstime.com
    July 25, 2024
    How the power sector can reach net zero and eventually real zero carbon content, and how the transmission and distribution grid can help deliver on these goals.
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    March 5, 2024
    Policy changes in Illinois have spurred a surge in Ameren Illinois’ distributed energy resource interconnections, prompting the need for a process.
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    Feb. 19, 2024
    Power management firm Eaton's largest growth area is industrial electrification.
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    Jan. 18, 2024
    The $30 million funding for cyber tools is in support of CESER’s work to develop new technology to protect clean energy infrastructure from cyber threats.
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    Oct. 23, 2023
    CMP will install the distribution supervisory control and data acquisition switch program to help prevent system faults, especially in disadvantaged communities.

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