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FERC, NERC Reveal Disturbing Details from Winter Storm Elliot Inquiry

Incremental unplanned generation outages triggered during Winter Storm Elliot spiked to 90.5 GW—significantly more than the 61.8 GW during Winter Storm Uri in 2021—representing 13% of the U.S. portion of…


Power Grid Investments Improve Reliability and Make Blackouts Less Likely

While power outages are not uncommon in the U.S., widespread blackouts that last more than a couple of hours are pretty rare. However, this summer marks the 20th anniversary of…


NERC Identifies Energy Policy as Key Risk to Grid Reliability Amid Evolving Challenges

The North American Reliability Corporation (NERC) will for the first time consider “energy policy” among five significant evolving and interdependent risks to grid reliability. In its latest biennial ERO Reliability…


Rethinking Energy Reliability with Modern Power Systems

As the energy transition to inverter-based resources continues, reliability risk increases and requires additional investment to mitigate threats. But what measures should be put in place, what are the associated…


PJM Paper Adds to Reliability Warnings

Washington, D.C. – In a recent letter to PJM Interconnection, America’s Power explained that near-term coal plant retirements could be three times greater than PJM anticipates in its recent white…