Maria

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    Coal

    Puerto Rico’s Grid Needs Resiliency. Here’s Why It Won’t Be Easy.

    Puerto Rico’s energy infrastructure must be redesigned and rebuilt with an emphasis on resilience—and that will require wide-ranging, long-term efforts, the Department of Energy (DOE) says in a new report. In its June 20 report, “Energy Resilience Solutions for the Puerto Rico Grid,” the agency lists a number of recommendations for the government of the […]

  • Harvey_TransmissionLinesReflection_EEI
    O&M

    Building the Case for Power System Hardening

    Purse-string holders are pretty easily swayed to approve funding to upgrade transmission and distribution systems following major events like Superstorm Sandy and Hurricane Irene. However, it is becoming