JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Trump blocks some foreign grid equipment as part of emergency declaration
Trump said foreign supply of electrical equipment “constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat” to national security.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - New York imposes statewide freeze on 'hyperscale' data centers
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is imposing the nation’s first-ever statewide freeze on new “hyperscale” data centers. Hochul is pausing state-level environmental permits for “up to” a year to give the state time to put together a framework to protect the environment, the energy grid and New Yorkers’ electric bills, her office said. Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5966562-new-york-ai-data-center-moratorium/ #KathyHochul #NewYork #DataCenters #AI #DataCenter #Environment
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY (Tommy Waller) - Center for Security Policy testifies in support of “S.A.V.E. Transformers Act” before Tennessee Senate Committee
Originally posted by Save the Grid
CSP President & CEO, Lt. Col. Tommy Waller (USMC Ret.) testified before the Tennessee Senate Committee on State and Local Government in support of Senate Bill SB2565, otherwise known as the S.A.V.E. Transformers Act, which was sponsored by Senator Janice Bowling. Watch the Senate hearing here: More information on the GIC Threat and associated solutions can be found here: https://securethegrid.com/save-americas-transformers/Open
AMERICANTHINKER - Batteries will set you free
Have you noticed recently how the most unlikely souls are now talking with authority about the grid as if they were electrical engineers?
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - New York risks blackouts this summer as climate-focused grid struggles, state grid operator says
The state's reliability margin has declined almost 80% since 2022. In 2019, the state committed to powering its full grid primarily with intermittent generators by 2040.