Transmission Reliability

Ensuring reliability and resilience of the electric power grid in a changing generation landscape.

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Transmission Reliability

Florida Power & Light Makes Reliability Improvements

March 8, 2024
Florida Power & Light Co. had its best-ever year for electric service reliability in 2023.
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Transmission Reliability

Making Sure Gas and Electricity Play Nice: RTOs Discuss Power Grid Vulnerabilities

Feb. 21, 2024
With so much of the power grid’s reliability tied up in the steady supply of natural gas, regional transmission operators say the power grid and the gas sector must be thought...
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Transmission Reliability

EIA Power Plant Retirements to Slow Down in 2024 — By Quite a Lot

Feb. 20, 2024
Most of the power plant retirements will come from old fossil-fired power generation facilities.
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Overhead Transmission

NYPA Uses Line Monitoring Technology to Protect Power Line Health in Winter

Jan. 22, 2024
NYPA uses fiber-optic sensing, based on the principles of distributed acoustic sensing, to identify power line conditions in real time.
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Transmission Reliability

ISO New England Outlines Power Grid Preparedness for Winter 2024

Jan. 5, 2024
Winter electricity demand is estimated to peak at 20,269 MW during average conditions and 21,032 MW under colder than normal temperatures.
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Transmission Reliability

Optimizing Transmission ROW & Environmental Protection with Covered Conductor Systems

March 1, 2024
This webinar explores the many advantages of covered conductor systems including increased reliability, the ability to expand capacity in existing ROWs, minimization of ecosystem...
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Transmission Reliability

Maximizing Right-of-Way (ROW) Utilization With Aerial Covered Conductor

March 1, 2024
Distribution and transmission planners have been besieged recently with pressing and often conflicting demands to expand the nation’s electrical grid infrastructure. With...
Overhead Transmission

Extreme Weather in Action: A Monitoring Perspective

Feb. 22, 2024
One technology company offers innovative line-powered monitoring systems and shares some breathtaking images from its equipment in this gallery. Images shared here include scenes...
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Intelligent Undergrounding

New York PSC Approves Orange and Rockland’s Underground Transmission Line

Feb. 21, 2024
The $57.8 million electric transmission project is a new 138 kilovolt underground transmission line for a distance of about 5.5 miles.