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U.S. grid on ‘right track' to avoid incident similar to Spain's April blackout

A widespread blackout like the one that plunged Spain and Portugal into darkness this spring is unlikely to happen in the U.S., according to a leading grid reliability expert. The U.S. electrical grid ...
T&D

GRID Power Act to Fast-Track Essential Power Projects

U.S. Representative Troy Balderson (OH-12) has reintroduced a legislation, the Guaranteeing Reliability through the Interconnection of Dispatchable (GRID) Power Act, to help grid operators expedite ...
WBJournal

Smart Grid Program Waits On State Approval | Worcester, Hopkinton to be part of pilot programs for new technology in energy tracking

Officials with National Grid were hoping to begin a smart grid pilot program during the first quarter of this year to study if better monitoring of energy usage could decrease utility costs for ...
pv magazine USA

OpenVPP and Grid Rails Platform Announce Licensing Partnership for Commercialization

OpenVPP has today announced its first platform licensing deal to Grid Rails, which aims to commercialize next-generation settlement solutions for the energy industry. OpenVPP has built an on-chain ...
EDN

Using a power grid optimizer to improve routing track utilization

Power grid designers typically consider the IR drop requirements and electro-migration limits when designing the power grid of an integrated circuit. Using these criteria, a designer can determine the ...