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Consumers Energy clearing over 8,000 miles of trees near power lines
As the leading cause of outages, trees and branches coming into contact with power lines account for 40 percent of all power ...
Keeping the electric grid humming is costing consumers more
Pennsylvanians, along with a lot of other people, will see higher electric bills this summer, but don’t blame your local power company just yet. Soaring “capacity costs” are the culprit, and they’re ...
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Three NATO members still rely on Russia to manage their electricity grid. They’re about to pull the plug
Estonia, along with fellow Baltic states Latvia and Lithuania, is preparing finally to rid itself of one of the last vestiges ...
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New Study Highlights Opportunities to Accommodate Load Growth in U.S. Power Systems Without Extensive Upgrades
The findings suggest that modest, short-duration curtailments could allow for substantial load increases without overwhelming ...
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It’s Time to Think Differently About Energy Storage and California’s Power Grid
Electricity during daylight hours when the systems are charged ... via dedicated programs that leverage these assets’ ...
Consumers Energy Clearing Over 8,000 Miles of Trees Near Power Lines This Year as Part of Reliability Roadmap
Consumers Energy is working to strengthen Michigan's electric grid by clearing tree and limbs from more than 8,000 miles of power lines this year. That's 1,000 more miles compared to 2024. Each mile ...