Power Outage Creates Nightmare Commute for LIRR Riders Rail riders lamented another morning of frustrating travel woes Wednesday as a power outage in the East River tunnels forced the Long Island Railroad to suspend service to and from Penn Station for hours, crippling the commute and drawing backlash on social media. Trains began chugging slowly … Continue reading Power Outage Creates Nightmare Commute for #LIRR Riders
AUSTIN — Texas residents are being asked to conserve energy during peak hours for electricity demand on Thursday. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) says users should cut back on electricity between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. if possible. This week alone, the demand for electricity from Texas’ power grid has reached July records … Continue reading ERCOT asks Texans to conserve electricity Thursday
Updated: Tue, Jul 28 2015, 04:23 AM Heat is a source of power outages. It puts more pressure on the power grid too which can eventually lead to rolling blackouts if demand exceeds capacity. Hundreds of Cedar Park homeowners were without power over the weekend. The Pedernales Electric Cooperative says equipment failure is to blame … Continue reading Heat Puts Extra Pressure On Local Power Grid
NEW PG&E TRUCK CAN KEEP HOMES’ LIGHTS ON DURING POWER OUTAGE New technology could help keep your lights on during a power outage. Pacific Gas and Electric is showing off the latest addition to their fleet of vehicles. While it may look like a regular truck, this vehicle is actually a hybrid that can power … Continue reading NEW #PG&E TRUCK CAN KEEP HOMES’ LIGHTS ON DURING POWER OUTAGE
Xcel Energy Inc. agreed to pay $36 million to a nuclear contracting firm that said it got stiffed by the Minneapolis-based utility on a power plant project. The settlement with Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy of Charlotte, N.C., ended litigation over the 2013-2014 replacement of steam generators at the Prairie Island nuclear power plant in … Continue reading #Xcel settles with nuclear contractor over #Prairie_Island upgrade
NRC Sends More Inspectors to Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Plant HOLLYWOOD, Md. (April 16, 2015) — After another dual plant shutdown at Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Lusby last week the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is sending inspectors to delve deeper into the causes of the latest mishap. The shutdown was listed as an unplanned … Continue reading NRC Sends More Inspectors to #Calvert_Cliffs #Nuclear_Plant
Just How Unreliable Is The U.S. Electricity Grid? Not only does the U.S. suffer more blackouts than any other developed nation… The number of U.S. power outages lasting more than an hour has increased steadily for the past decade. That’s according to federal databases at the Department of Energy (DOE) and the North American Electric … Continue reading Just How Unreliable Is The U.S. Electricity Grid?
PJM, Utility Officials Investigating Cause of DC-Area Outage PJM and utility officials said yesterday they are still investigating what caused the failure of a 230-kV transmission line that briefly cut power to the White House and much of the D.C. area Tuesday afternoon. The incident caused a drop in voltage that led the Calvert Cliffs … Continue reading PJM, Utility Officials Investigating Cause of DC-Area Outage
By FORMER SENATOR JUDD GREGG on February 23, 2015 at 11:00 AM Extreme cold weather has had a tight grip on much of the Northern U.S. this winter. Boston recently saw its lowest temperature since 2004 and New York City had its coldest February morning in nearly three decades. As millions of Americans endure these cold … Continue reading Opinion: Nuclear Energy Keeping the Lights on in the Cold
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