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    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.
    FirstEnergy
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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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    Overhead Transmission

    PJM Aims for $6 Billion in Transmission Projects Across Eastern States

    Feb. 27, 2025
    The companies will develop the projects through the recently formed Valley Link Transmission Company LLC joint venture.
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    Transmission Reliability

    Why Utilities Are Turning to Advanced Conductors to Solve Grid Bottlenecks

    Feb. 27, 2025
    Reconductoring with advanced conductors can put a huge dent in the transmission capacity shortage, but some say it’s too risky. Is it riskier than not using them?
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    Transmission Reliability

    Entergy Louisiana Upgrades Transmission Infrastructure in Metairie as Part of Phase I Resilience Program

    Feb. 13, 2025
    The project replaced wooden transmission structures inside a Jefferson Parish substation with single-pole steel structures rated for 150 mph wind speeds.
    FirstEnergy
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    Electric Utility Operations

    West Penn Power Completes Electric System Upgrades in Eastern Westmoreland County

    Feb. 13, 2025
    The work was focused on rebuilding part of an existing power line with larger diameter wire capable of carrying more electricity, enabling customers to deal with winter and summer...