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    Commit to Being a Leader in Grid Resilience

    Dec. 15, 2022
    We need inclusive, authoritative, and transparent power outage data to inform investments in grid resilience and restoration, deliver immediate benefits to our existing emergency...
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    ComEd Delivers Record-High Reliable Service for Customers in First Three Quarters of 2022

    Oct. 18, 2022
    Reliability is defined using industry-standard metrics to determine how often customers experience power outages and how long power outages last when they do occur.
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    ComEd Receives Two National Recognitions for Response After Extreme Weather

    Jan. 20, 2022
    ComEd and sister Exelon utility honored for assisting people in need during busy winter storm season.
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    Transmission Reliability

    U.S. DOE Grants $23.4 Million To Strengthen And Modernize Electric Infrastructure In Washington

    Sept. 11, 2023
    The fund will help work directly with rural and typical end-of-the-line customers to develop resilience plans.
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    Overhead Distribution

    Penelec To Install 350 Automated TripSaver Devices To Reduce Duration Of Power Outages

    Aug. 22, 2023
    The program comes under Penelec’s $200 million five-year plan to fasten capital investments through 2024 for electric service reliability to its 585,000 customers.

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    Wildfire Risk Mitigation

    Feb. 16, 2022
    Learn about the tools and practices that minimize power equipment caused fires.
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    CenterPoint Energy Crews Depart for Austin to Support Power Restoration Efforts

    Feb. 6, 2023
    CenterPoint Energy has also provided more than 250 contractors and support personnel in the last few days to aid impacted utilities and their customers.
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    Substations

    TenneT Commissions DNV to Conduct Investigation into Substation Incident

    Feb. 6, 2023
    . This event, caused by a prolonged short circuit, led to arcing, and over-heating and smoking of the feeding overhead lines.
    Crews had this substation back online within one week. For a city that was nearly leveled, all power was restored within one month for those customers who could be reconnected to the grid.
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    Kentucky Utility Uses Past Lessons to Prepare for Tornado

    Feb. 1, 2023
    Utility credits emergency plan, Xylem’s Advanced Metering Infrastructure and volunteers for successful recovery.
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    Overhead Distribution

    Historic String of Storms Causes Significant Damage to SMUD Grid

    Jan. 12, 2023
    Monday night’s storm was the fourth in a row to hammer Northern California.