As another hurricane season approaches, the lessons learned by energy companies that have repaired power infrastructure in Haiti, Puerto Rico, and other areas provide a path forward for reducing the…
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Though critical to the nation’s power grid, large power transformers are some of the most vulnerable components in the system. Armed with a shared determination for resiliency, government, industry, grid…
A newly established U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) office dedicated to cybersecurity, energy security, and emergency response may be a signal that it is elevating its focus on emerging grid…
Harvey—a massive weather system, which has so far killed 38 people, displaced thousands of others, and caused widespread flooding in Texas—downed 7.6-GW of generation resource capacity, along with two major…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Department of Army, and Army Corps of Engineers have proposed a rule to rescind the controversial Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule, which asserts…
Although it’s not widely publicized, a majority of the energy used to generate electricity is wasted in the form of heat discharged to the environment. For better or worse, that’s…
During breakout sessions at this year’s Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Convention on June 13 and 14 in Chicago, discussions centered mostly on issues far from what’s traditionally been considered the…
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), which represents U.S. investor-owned utilities, along with its Institute for Electric Innovation (IEI), has developed a new partnership with startup incubator 1776 to accelerate the…
The annual Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Convention for investor-owned utilities began on Monday in Chicago with a focus on both cyber threats and physical threats. Although the opening general session…
A panel of former utility chief executives has chosen this year’s winners of the Edison Electric Institute’s (EEI) Edison Awards, which were announced on June 13, the first day of…