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Building America's Future: Lessons from the Interstate Highway System for Modern Electric Grid Expansion
In the 1950s, President Dwight D. Eisenhower faced a challenge that should feel familiar today. The American economy was growing quickly, but the nation’s infrastructure had not kept pace. Major roads were disconnected, inconsistent, and poorly suited for a modern national economy. An infrastructure problem that threatened to slow the nation’s economic momentum. Rather than treat highways as isolated local projects, Eisenhower supported a more ambitious idea: the Interstate Highway System.
Federal-state task force grapples with grid protection - Oregon Capital Chronicle
A federal task force wrestled with the costs and benefits of better shielding the nation’s tens of thousands of electric substations from a growing number of attacks, like a neo-Nazi plot the FBI says it foiled earlier p , another that knocked out power to thousands p in December and more in the p .But at the task force meeting, NERC President and CEO James Robb said there are more than 50,0000 high voltage substations dispersed across the country and that regulators will have to make...
Open Letter to the Berkeley City Council:
The Berkeley Neighborhoods Council (BNC) is writing this letter because of deep concerns expressed by many Berkeley neighborhoods over the increasing threat to the well-being of residents and the unshakable hope that the year 2021 will provide the opportunity for a fresh start for cities everywhere.
10 state utility commission chairs to FERC: Let's strengthen federal-state electricity regulatory relationships
Opinion Author By Jason Stanek, Philip L. Bartlett II, Joseph L. Fiordaliso, Marissa Paslick Gillet, Willie L. Phillips, Ted J. Thomas, Rebecca Cameron Valcq, Hayley Williamson, Dallas Winslow and Carrie K. Zalewski Published Jan. 20, 2021 The following is a contributed article by Jason Stanek, Chairman, Maryland Public Service Commission; Philip L. Bartlett II, Chairman, Maine Public Utilities Commission; Joseph L.
Three keys to grid modernization: cost, collaboration and connectivity
WARNING: SIGN-IN You need to be a member of Energy Central to access some features and content. Please sign-in or register to continue. 2019 was a hallmark year for grid modernization as 46 states and the District of Columbia undertook major actions to enhance the grid.
Join our fight against scammers and con artists - your utilities will remain on through the health crisis
// June 10, 2020 by Willie Phillips // June 10, 2020 Image courtesy of picpedia.org. This article was featured in the June 10 digital-only edition of Street Sense. Until it is safe to resume person-to-person sales, you’ll always be able to find the current digital-only edition at streetsensemedia.org/Digital Thank you for reading! Please continue to support our vendors through our mobile app (streetsensemedia.org/App).
What’s the best defense against utility scams? An informed consumer.
WARNING: SIGN-IN You need to be a member of Energy Central to access some features and content. Please sign-in or register to continue. The one and only point of utility scams is to separate consumers from their money. Oftentimes you’ll hear that it’s older adults who are the victims of such scams, but it can happen to anyone — young, old, rich, poor, college-educated, or not — it doesn't matter.
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