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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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    Transmission Reliability

    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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    PAR equipment arrives at Dover Station site and begins installation process.
    Substations

    Construction Milestone Reached for Dover Substation to Enhance New York’s Electric Grid

    Jan. 17, 2025
    Scheduled for completion in 2025, the Dover Station project, led by New York Transco and located off State Route 22, will enhance grid reliability, expand operational capabilities...
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    Distributed Energy Resources

    MISO Selects Ameren to Build Critical Grid Infrastructure Projects in Missouri, Illinois and Several Midwest States

    Jan. 17, 2025
    The projects, worth approximately $1.3 billion, are part of a portfolio of energy infrastructure investments under MISO's Long-Range Transmission Plan.
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    Rather than being parked and taking up valuable footprint at one of its facilities, the mobile transformer remains securely housed at a Hitachi Energy facility.
    Transmission Reliability

    Mobile Transformer Brings Stability to Instability

    Jan. 16, 2025
    Avangrid applies a mobile transformer along with a turnkey service from the provider to house and deploy the transformer whenever and wherever needed.
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    This project deploys 29 LineVision sensors and intends to relieve transmission congestion in the area around Reno, the fourth-largest city in the state.
    Test and Measurement

    NV Energy Installs Dynamic Line Rating to Maximize Boost Capacity, Grid Reliability

    Jan. 16, 2025
    The project was funded by a grant awarded to NV Energy by the DOE