From increasing decarbonization, electrification, and distributed generation, to more frequent extreme weather events from climate change, the electric power system is undergoing immense change. These ...

SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index) and SAIFI (System Average Interruption Frequency Index) are widely used reliability indices that measure the performance of power distribution ...

Despite significant capital investment by electric utilities in recent years, energy infrastructure across the U.S. received only a C-minus rating in the latest report card from the American Society of ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Recent outages on Oahu are bolstering calls for more reliability from Hawaii’s aging power grid. New regulations in effect could mean outages hit Hawaiian Electric (HECO) ...

Emergency automatic transfer systems are vital for maintaining power in critical facilities such as hospitals, water treatment plants, and airports during utility outages. Proper training of ...

The U.S. power network received attention for tragic reasons in 2021. From February 10 through 20, Texas suffered a severe power crisis due to a confluence of catastrophic winter storms. Failures ...

Michigan electric providers, including DTE Energy and Consumers Energy, could be penalized up to $10 million for failing to improve reliability under an order approved Thursday by the Michigan Public ...