Energy & Grid Management
Molly Glick
Molly Glick
Energy Central Team
·Posted in Energy & Grid Management
Thu, Jun 4

NEWS: Hurricane season has arrived. Here’s how utilities have prepared.

  • The forecast: NOAA is predicting fewer storms thanks to El Niño…but that still includes a possibility of up to six hurricanes (and as many as three major ones). 

  • In Louisiana, Entergy has upgraded over 3K miles of power lines and nearly 62K structures to reduce outages and improve restoration times. 

  • In Florida, Duke is expanding a “self-healing” technology that can automatically reroute power to homes if it detects an outage. And Florida Power & Light is reinforcing wooden poles and burying 2K miles of power lines. 

  • Plus, Georgia Power has invested $1.3B in system upgrades over the past three years, including undergrounding and smart-grid tech.

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