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| | | | | Theft of electrical service is a worldwide problem, particularly in developing countries where the expertise and technology to detect electric service theft is still maturing. In the US, the electric utility industry estimates that losses due to theft of electrical services amount to over $89.3 billion annually. | | |
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| | | PJM Interconnection announced the procurement of resources in its capacity auction to meet electricity needs and ensure reliable service for the 2023/2024 delivery year. | | |
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| | | If there’s a power surplus, the organization that operates the grid steps in to manually curtail generators. They can either do this through signals in the grid’s data system or by contacting generators directly through phone calls. Power may be curtailed for five minutes or five hours, depending on how quickly the system returns to normal. | | |
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| | A successful energy strategy means powering through outages and high demand. See technologies such as:
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• Energy storage
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| | | High-tech, crypto mining, and even oil and gas activities are driving infrastructure changes beyond what Oncor had planned for in its forecasts. | | |
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| | | POWERGRID caught up with Tom Deitrich of Itron as he was stepping off the DISTRIBUTECH keynote stage to get his thoughts about the biggest challenges facing electric utilities. | | |
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| | | The solar industry's public, and aggressive, campaign against President Biden over a tariff investigation worked. Can the industry seize the moment? | | |
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| | | Hydro-Quebec published a recap and overview of what it said was the most intensive storm to hit its region in the past 24 years. The storm, called a derecho, took place on May 21. | | |
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