December 22, 2024

grid resilience

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LBNL Report Quantifies Resilience Benefit of Distributed Storage Systems
A new paper from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory quantifies how and where consumers can benefit from installing solar-plus-storage systems at their homes to get over major disruptions to grid service that last more than a day.
Admin Monitor
Texas PUC Approves 1st System Resiliency Plan
Texas regulators approved the state’s first utility resiliency plan, a $3 billion proposal from Oncor to bulk up its distribution system over the next four years to better withstand and more quickly recover extreme weather and other events.
DOE
New IIJA Funding Targets Grid Resilience and Demand Growth
The U.S. Department of Energy announced almost $2 billion in new funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act aimed at improving grid reliability and resilience.
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Mass. DPU Approves 1st Round of Utility Grid Modernization Plans
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities approved grid modernization plans from electric distribution companies to handle increasing electrification and the deployment of distributed resources.
State Farm
HECO Joins $4B Settlement over Maui Wildfires
Hawaii Electric Co. said that it will join a global settlement agreement to resolve all claims from the 2023 Maui wildfires.
Entergy
Entergy Touts Louisiana Settlements, Beryl Response in Q2 Earnings
Entergy promoted its Hurricane Beryl response alongside a pair of pending settlements with Louisiana regulators over rates and the Grand Gulf Nuclear Station during a second quarter earnings call.
Louisiana Public Service Commission
Louisiana PSC Adopts Nearly $2B Entergy Resilience Plan
The Louisiana PSC voted 3-2 to approve Entergy Louisiana’s hotly debated, $1.9 billion grid hardening proposal to be funded by ratepayers, four days after the utility submitted it.
State Farm
Hawaii PUC Approves HECO Grid Resilience Plan
The Hawaii PUC approved HECO's resilience plan to harden the grid against wildfires and other natural threats.
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DOE Planning up to $70M in Energy Resilience Investments
The Department of Energy is seeking recipients for up to $70 million of investments into energy resilience.
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California, Australia Forge Climate Pact
Faced with similar threats from climate change, California and Australia have agreed to battle the climate crisis together.

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