Monitor Environmental Triggers to Reduce Wildfire Risk
Environmental “triggers” will initiate changes in standard electric utility operating procedures to emphasize wildfire prevention.
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Alyssa Sleva-Horine
- Mar 14
- 2 min
Electric Utilities Must Prepare for Wildfire Allegations with Risk Assessments
At the end of February 2024, wildfires began to burn across the Texas Panhandle. Two large fires did the most damage: The Smokehouse...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Feb 7
- 4 min
Electric Vehicles Aid Climate Change-Related Disaster Recovery
In 2023 alone, the US experienced 28 weather and climate disasters that each exceeded $1 billion in losses. Climate change related storms...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Sep 14, 2023
- 4 min
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
- Aug 31, 2023
- 4 min
Climate Change and Security Risks Necessitate Updates to Power System Models
Last week, I shared my experience at the FERC and NERC joint technical conference on power system physical security. Because I was unable...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Aug 3, 2023
- 5 min
As Climate Change Worsens, Update NERC MOD-031-2 — Demand and Energy Data
Continuing our series on NERC’s Reliability Standards, this week the focus is on MOD-031-2 — Demand and Energy Data. This standard...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Mar 22, 2023
- 5 min
After IPCC Report, Electric Utilities Must Pursue Energy Storage Technology
Throughout our recent series on electric vehicles (EVs), readers have commented with concerns about how electric utilities will provide...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Nov 30, 2022
- 4 min
Climate Change Requires a Shift in Energy Production Portfolio
As we continue to examine the intersection of climate change and electric utilities, it is important to evaluate changes that need to be...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Nov 23, 2022
- 4 min
Electric Utilities: Update Model for Wholesale Energy Pricing
Last week, we took a deep dive into the wholesale cost of electric energy, including pricing methodologies and marginal pricing...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Nov 2, 2022
- 4 min
4 Challenges to Offshore Wind, Solved with Interdisciplinary Teamwork
In our series on offshore wind development in Oregon, we have been discussing the merits of distributed offshore wind development, an...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Oct 26, 2022
- 5 min
Distributed vs. Centralized Offshore Wind Farms
Last week, we discussed the many benefits of distributed offshore wind farms, which are vital energy production facilities in the face...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Oct 19, 2022
- 4 min
Inflation Reduction Act Should Fund Distributed Offshore Wind Farms
When the Inflation Reduction Act became law, renewable energy projects were set to gain funding to mitigate the worst impacts of climate...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Oct 12, 2022
- 5 min
Hurricane Ian Highlights Electric Utility’s Outdated Reliability Metrics
At the end of September and beginning of October, 2022, Hurricane Ian hit the southeastern United States, prompting mandatory evacuations...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Sep 7, 2022
- 4 min
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
- Aug 24, 2022
- 4 min
3 Innovations for Electric Utilities to Meet Inflation Reduction Act Goals
The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) shows that politicians are finally ready to take steps towards addressing climate change...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Aug 17, 2022
- 5 min
Inflation Reduction Act Requires Electric Utilities to Update to the 4Ge Power Grid
Signed into law on August 16, 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) requires electric utilities to develop next generation standards...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Aug 3, 2022
- 4 min
Distributed Renewable Energy Generation and Storage
Continuing our series on climate change and the next generation electric energy system, this week we discuss the necessity of distributed...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Jul 27, 2022
- 4 min
Energy Efficiency Standards: A Climate Solution
This article continues our series on climate change and the next generation electric energy system. Throughout this series, we’ve noted...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Jul 20, 2022
- 5 min
Electrification: An Opportunity for the 4Ge Power Grid
Our last article discussed changes to the electric energy system that electric utilities would be wise to embrace in the face of climate...
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Tony Sleva, President
- Jul 13, 2022
- 4 min
Climate Change Necessitates the Next Generation Electric Energy Grid
Electric utilities need to prepare for the next generation (4Ge) electric energy grid in the face of climate change. Soon, major changes...
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