Resilience
Green Mountain Power proposes to move some power lines underground and give customers in certain areas battery systems for storm resilience.
A USEA media briefing addressed the “crisis ahead for electric utilities" as policymakers seek to decarbonize the grid while electrifying the economy.
A new report from the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners urges electric regulators to work with the military on electric resilience.
Gov. Gavin Newsom stood in the smoke of Sequoia National Park on Thursday to discuss the $15 billion California is spending on climate resilience.
The Government Accountability Office called for more action from the federal government to ensure the resilience of the nation's electric grid.
Entergy has pushed back on the notion that sturdier transmission or more solar panels would have helped Louisiana's grid better withstand Hurricane Ida.
Experts say the electric grid needs heartier construction, new technology and microgrids to reduce outages from increasingly common severe weather events.
Participants in a Friday press briefing warned that the current enthusiasm for addressing extreme weather and cybersecurity could be hard to sustain.
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