With no industry pushback, regulators have a clear path to incentivize the deployment of proven technologies that can mitigate billions in annual losses and strengthen grid resilience. In our previous article, “How to Prevent the Inevitable Collapse of the US Power Grid,” we warned of the very real risks to America’s electric grid from Ground-Induced Currents (GICs) and outlined a formal complaint we filed with the grid’s federal regulator—the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC )—urging protection against this very real threat. We also highlighted the roughly $10 billion in annual economic losses from GIC-induced harmonics from routine, low-level solar storms and the availability of a proven, low-cost GIC-blocking…Open
One hundred and ten years ago, on May 9th, 1916, The Gazette Times of Pittsburgh printed a special telegram from Washington, D.C. entitled ‘Nitrate Plant Wins in House With Changes.’The report made the second page, with the front reserved for a slightly more pressing matter: World War I. One year prior, the Germans had torpedoed […] The post How a WWI-Era Boondoggle Laid the Groundwork for America’s AI-Energy Future. appeared first on The National Pulse .
One hundred and ten years ago, on May 9th, 1916, The Gazette Times of Pittsburgh printed a special telegram from Washington, D.C. entitled ‘Nitrate Plant Wins in House With Changes.’ The report made the second page, with the front reserved for a slightly more pressing matter: World War I. One year prior, the Germans had torpedoed the British ocean liner the RMS Lusitania, killing over one hundred Americans in the process. While the Americans had not formally entered the war by May 1916, it was only a matter of time. As a result, the nation was once again confronted with Alexander Hamilton’s thesis from his 1791 Report on the Subject of Manufactures, which concluded: “In countries where there is great private wealth much may be…Open
The Trump administration is harnessing military purchase power in some of its most aggressive attempts to stem or even reverse coal-fired electricity's decline. Why it matters: Surging electricity demand and fresh White House support could provide a lifeline to the most CO2 -heavy power source. - Environmentalists, energy experts and others criticized President Trump's further acceleration of his fossil fuel drive and warned it would increase energy prices for U.S. families already struggling to pay utility bills. Driving the news: Trump signed an executive order directing the Pentagon on Wednesday to procure electricity from coal-fired power plants. - Separately, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced another $175 million for…