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    Podcasts

    New Line Life Podcast: ICYMI: Winds of Change for St. Lucia's Electric Grid

    July 26, 2024
    This podcast episode shares how St. Lucia continues to make grid resilience a priority when faced with bigger and stronger storms.
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    TVA, Partners Seek $350 Million in DOE Grants to Strengthen Grid

    June 17, 2024
    The grants will help construct an inter-regional 800 MW transmission line, increase grid capacity by about 5,500 MW, and reveal more than 6 GW of solar in TVA's interconnection...
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    Terna Transmission Modernization Project Moves Forward in Calabria, Italy

    May 17, 2024
    Power grid operator Terna’s project is worth $3.26 million and will restructure the 150 kV power grid in Reggio Calabria.
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    Trying to Speed up Power Grid Permits, DOE Issues Final Transmission Rule

    April 25, 2024
    The White House says the rule will streamline transmission project review timelines while respecting the environmental permitting process.
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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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    Jersey Central Power & Light Begins Electric Grid Upgrades in 3 Morris County Communities

    Dec. 9, 2024
    The upgrades, expected to be completed in October 2025, will take place along more than five miles of power lines in Chester, Washington and Roxbury townships to benefit 2,100...
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    Consumers Energy’s Smart Technology Helps Minimize Power Outages of 72,000 Customers in Michigan in 2024

    Dec. 4, 2024
    Consumers Energy is installing over 100 ATRs across Michigan in 2024 and has appointed 550 workers at work across the state.
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    NYISO Releases 2024 Reliability Needs Assessment Highlighting Increased Risks Statewide

    Dec. 3, 2024
    The assessment considered forecasts of power demand, planned upgrades to the transmission system, public policy and changes to the generation mix over a ten-year period.
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    Disaster Response

    Why Modernizing Power Grid Inspections is Essential for any Storm Hardening Strategy

    Dec. 3, 2024
    The need for power utilities to respond quickly and efficiently to storm-induced power outages was put into sharp relief during the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season – one that has...