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    The Ameren Illinois Roxford substation. The infrastructure project included substation upgrades and new transmission structures. Photo by Ameren.
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    FirstEnergy’s American Transmission Systems Upgrades Two 138 kV Power Lines

    April 3, 2024
    The project is anticipated to boost the regional transmission system and improve service reliability for nearly 5,000 customers of FirstEnergy’s The Illuminating Company.
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    EstLink 2 Subsea Transmission Repair Faces Problems Due to Fault Location

    March 18, 2024
    There are signs of mechanical damage in the transition joint of the submarine and land cable
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    DOE Office to Look into AI Grid Security, Clean Energy Use Cases

    March 13, 2024
    The DOE’s Office of Critical and Emerging Technologies wants to collect comments and write a public report on how artificial intelligence might help deliver cleaner, more secure...
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    EEI, U.S. Air Force to Plan Electricity Resilience Jointly

    March 12, 2024
    The MOU between the two organizations will explore best practices for joint energy resilience planning between DAF installations and EEI member companies
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    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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    National Assembly Of South Africa Passes Electricity Regulation Amendment Bill

    March 20, 2024
    The bill is meant to 'radically transform the structure of the electricity sector and have a positive impact on future generations.'
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    Alberta Declares Electricity Statutes Amendment Act Beginning March 6

    March 18, 2024
    The legislation will help Alberta support affordability, encourage investment and build grid capacity.
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    Eversource Completes $190 Million Eastern Connecticut Reliability Program

    March 18, 2024
    The upgrades included installation of a clean air circuit-breaker at Eversource’s substation in Preston and a synchronous condenser at a North Stonington substation
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    UK Researchers Study Making Wind Turbines a More Stable Power Grid Resource

    March 15, 2024
    The new control systems can be easily integrated into existing variable speed wind turbine systems and are expected to improve power system frequency control and suppress and ...