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Heathrow Airport Transformer Fire Prompts Urgent Inquiry, Exposes Cracks in Grid Resilience One week after a catastrophic fire at the North Hyde electrical substation plunged the UK’s flagship Heathrow Airport into chaos, questions are mounting about what went wrong—and what the incident…

PJM Market Challenges Demand Bold Reforms, Experts Warn Energy experts have called for bold reforms—from transmission planning to permitting streamlining and faster interconnection approvals—to prevent further volatility and ensure PJM Interconnection meets its reliability mandate without disproportionately burdening… How Virtual Power Plants Enhance Grid Operations and Resilience A virtual power plant (VPP) is a network of decentralized, small- to medium-scale power generating units, flexible power consumers, and storage systems that are aggregated and operated as a single…

In Case You Missed It Software and DLRs Key to Unlocking Power Grid's Potential Imagine unlocking 30% more power from our existing grid overnight. That's the potential we're ignoring, and it's costing us billions. The demand for energy is rising, and utilities are struggling…

How Utilities Can Prepare for the AMI 2.0 Era Utilities seek to pursue critical advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) 2.0 outcomes, such as advanced analytics, demand response programs, outage management, distributed energy resource integration, and improved customer technology adoption by… Avoiding Pitfalls in Power and Energy Construction Projects Power and energy construction projects face unique challenges that make effective risk allocation critical to their success. A well-crafted contract serves as the foundation for managing these risks, helping

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The POWER Interview: Upgrading the Grid Key to Support Electrification As buildings, EVs, and industrial processes are increasingly electrified, utilities are seeing grid demand rapidly growing. While this shift is necessary to reduce emissions, it also introduces new challenges for grid stability, capacity, and long-term reliability. AI-Powered Energy Forecasting: How Accurate Predictions Could Save Your Power Company Net-demand energy forecasts are critical for competitive market participants, such as in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and similar markets, for several key reasons. For example, accurate forecasting…

What We’re Watching EPRI Collaborates with Microsoft to Transform the Electric Sector and the Future of Energy with AI EPRI announced a collaboration with Microsoft to develop and deploy leading AI solutions in the energy sector. The announcement was made at DISTRIBUTECH 2025, the largest electricity transmission and distribution event in North America… Read more by clicking here. Legislation Calls for New Hampshire to Examine Withdrawal from ISO New England Legislation introduced by state lawmakers in New Hampshire calls for the New Hampshire Department of Energy to investigate the state's withdrawal from ISO New England. Under the bill, H.B. 690, the state’s DOE will “investigate the state of New Hampshire's withdrawal from ISO-New England and other strategies to insulate ratepayers from costs associated with New England's environmental policy.”… Read more by clicking here.

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