Electric systems respond quickly to the sudden loss of supply or demand Today in Energy U.S. Energy Information Administration A large region of electric systems, called the Western Interconnection, responded to the San Diego blackout on September 8 in…
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US energy secretary calls for faster power grid modernization
US energy secretary calls for faster power grid modernization Washington (Platts) US Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Tuesday said that the deployment of solar, wind and other renewable energy was outpacing the development of a modern electricity grid, and that…