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    Avangrid’s Central Maine Power Secures $30 Million To Deploy Smart Grid Technology

    Oct. 23, 2023
    CMP will install the distribution supervisory control and data acquisition switch program to help prevent system faults, especially in disadvantaged communities.
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    The Illuminating Company Completes Grid Enhancement Projects in Lake County

    Nov. 15, 2022
    Plan filed to build on project through second phase of smart grid technology investments.
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    U.S. DOE Seeks Input on Biden's $10.5 billion Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership Program

    Sept. 8, 2022
    DOE seeks public feedback on Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Grid Resilience Innovation Programs meant to enhance the power grid’s ability to deliver cheaper, cleaner ...
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    UK's Northern Powergrid Launches a Smart Grid Pilot

    Nov. 22, 2021
    The £2.5m first-of-its-kind smart-grid program, known as "Microresilience," uses energy storage systems and innovative communications technology.
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    New Global Smart Grid Partnership Launched to Unlock Local Solutions to Climate Change

    Nov. 11, 2021
    Electricity distribution companies from the UK, Australia, Italy, and Japan have joined forces to revolutionize and support communities to engage with electricity grids of the...
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    Analog Devices and Gridspertise Join to Advance Smart Grid Resiliency, Electrification

    April 13, 2022
    The collaboration enables the development of new hardware and software that support distribution grid self-healing and adaptation in response to the significant changes in energy...
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    Helping U.S. Utilities Target Grid Resilience with Digitalization

    March 15, 2022
    Power distribution networks are often the less visible side of the electricity system, but they are on track to undergo a major digitalization and modernization into smarter grids...
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    LSU Professor Explores Smart Grid Improvements

    Feb. 24, 2022
    Mehraeen said that with a smart grid there is two-way communication, whereas a traditional power grid only has one-way communication.
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    Chattanooga’s Smart Grid Earns Peer Gold Certification for Resilience and Sustainability

    Jan. 6, 2022
    Volkswagen in Chattanooga leverages local PEER certification to advance its facilities.