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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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    Transmission Reliability

    Texas’ Long Road to Reliability

    April 1, 2024
    Texas has emerged from two winter storms in the three years since Uri with no major issues, but recommended reliability plans are still not fully implemented.
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    Transmission Reliability

    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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    Transmission Reliability

    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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    Transmission Reliability

    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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    Outage Management

    Atlantic City Electric’s Grid Performance, Resiliency Enhancements Offer Most Reliable Service In 2023

    April 16, 2024
    The frequency of outages improved by 5% as compared to the previous record performance in 2022.
    The Ameren Illinois Roxford substation. The infrastructure project included substation upgrades and new transmission structures. Photo by Ameren.
    Substations

    Unique Solutions Guide Infrastructure Upgrades

    April 8, 2024
    Ameren Transmission works with partner to replace a transmission tower and upgrade a substation, with a positive impact on the Diverse Supplier Program along the way.
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    Transmission Reliability

    National Grid Ventures And Con Edison Transmission Propose Offshore Wind Project For New Jersey

    April 8, 2024
    The project will help deliver about 6 GW of offshore wind power from the Sea Girt National Guard Training Center to the Larrabee Tri-Collector Station in Howell Township.
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    Transmission Reliability

    EPRI Researches Smart Inverter Settings

    April 4, 2024
    EPRI and seven electric utilities collaborated on a study to identify the optimal settings to integrate DERs at a faster pace.