Dive Summary:
- Smart Grid News looks at smart grid technology being adopted in five cases and explains how the concepts work to strengthen grid infrastructure and operations during times of extreme weather, such as hurricanes.
- Chattanooga EPB's self-healing grid is expected to reduce outages by 40%, while Long Island Power Authority hopes to have a new computer system online next year that will improve outreach calls and reporting practices.
- Entergy Louisiana intergrated improvements after Hurricane Katrina that reroute power as lines get damaged, and Western Massachusetts Electric Co. has introduced advanced automation since suffering from outages from last year's nor’easter.
From the article:
".. Long Island Power Authority is transitioning to a new outage computer system, but it won't be in place until next year, according to Newsday. However, since Tropical Storm Irene, the utility has made significant upgrades to its existing outage reporting system and made automated outreach calls to most customers in advance of Sandy. .."
