Transmission Reliability

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

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Do the Right Thing for the Integrity of our Power Grid

Oct. 9, 2023
At the request of many inside and outside of our industry, the effort is well underway to take Manual of Practice 74 into the present as a new ASCE Standard.
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Consumers Energy Unveils Reliability Roadmap To Strengthen Michigan’s Electric Grid

Sept. 27, 2023
The roadmap outlines goals like no customer will be without power for more than 24 hours and no outage will affect more than 100,000 customers.
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Arkansas Will Receive More than $10 Million to Enhance State’s Electric Grid

Sept. 22, 2023
The grant from the U.S. Department of Energy through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will be $5.16 million for the first year and $5.14 million for the second year....
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California Approves Billions in New Transmission Investment

May 23, 2023
The California ISO approved a new $7.3 billion investment to build a more reliable power grid in the Golden State.
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Northern Illinois Families and Businesses Experienced Record Electric Reliability in 2022

Jan. 30, 2023
Since grid improvements began in 2011, overall reliability has improved more than 80%.
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Thriving in the Dark: Why Adaptation Matters for Salamanders and Utilities

Nov. 6, 2023
When one considers that certain utilities have faced numerous devastating weather events, each causing damages worth millions or even billions of dollars, it becomes evident that...
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Commonwealth Edison Wins the National Reliability Award

Nov. 2, 2023
The ReliabilityOne Awards recognize North American utilities that excelled during the 2022 calendar year in critical industry categories such as resiliency, reliability, technology...
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Xcel Energy Proposes Routes for 345 kV Minnesota Energy Connection

Oct. 31, 2023
The utility is providing new details on its 175-mile-long transmission line designed to link Minnesota customers with renewable energy sources.
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Clean Path New York Signs Subsea, Land Power Cable Supply Agreement

Oct. 31, 2023
The project aims to increase the Empire State’s solar power capacity by 60% and double installed wind power capacity while adding 1,300 MW of transmission to the grid