How Solar Flares Could Blackout the Power Grid
This past weekend, the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, was visible much further south than usual, including in...
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Tony Sleva, President
Sep 14, 20234 min read
Electric Utilities Prepare for Storms, Why Not Wide Area Blackouts?
When Hurricane Idalia was making its way towards Florida, electric utilities there prepared for the worst. However, electric utilities...
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Tony Sleva, President
Jul 27, 20234 min read
NERC PRC-010-2 – Undervoltage Load Shedding: Concerns and Improvements
In the latest installment of this series on NERC’s Reliability Standards, I focus on PRC-010-2 – Undervoltage Load Shedding. It is vital...
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Tony Sleva, President
Sep 7, 20224 min read
3 Solutions to Prevent Rolling Blackouts in California
Yesterday, much of California faced level-3 energy emergency alerts as the lingering heat wave led residents to increase their electric...
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Tony Sleva, President
Feb 15, 20224 min read
Frequency Stabilization from Electric Vehicles Can Prevent Blackouts
As distributed renewable energy sources increase and electric vehicles (EVs) become more commonplace, electric utilities need to...
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Tony Sleva, President
Jun 29, 20215 min read
What Triggers a Wide Area Blackout?
In our last post What is a Wide Area Blackout?, we defined a wide area blackout as an incident in which part of the electric power...
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Tony Sleva, President
Jun 22, 20216 min read
What is a Wide Area Blackout?
Whether caused by an attack on power grid infrastructure, a design deficiency, or human error, wide area blackouts are a threat to...
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Tony Sleva, President
Apr 6, 20215 min read
Learn from Texas Energy Crisis: Restructure Electric Billing Practices
In recent years some energy providers, including those in Texas, have begun offering market-based billing options. Market-based billing...
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Tony Sleva, President
Feb 23, 20215 min read
Rolling Blackouts are Not the Solution for Grid Deficiencies
Rotating outages (a.k.a. rolling blackouts) were once the last resort during a power crisis. But in recent years, they are becoming more...
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Tony Sleva, President
Feb 18, 20214 min read
Update the Grid to Prevent Future Blackouts in Texas
As of yesterday, February 17, 2021, around 4 million residents in Texas faced winter storm conditions and extremely cold temperatures...
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