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Buffering Batteries: The Grid Enhancing Technology No One Calls A GET

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Buffering batteries placed near transmission constraints are rarely listed among grid enhancing technologies. The usual list includes advanced conductors, dynamic line rating, and power flow control devices. All of those technologies increase the instantaneous capacity of transmission lines. Batteries do not do that. A battery cannot turn a 500 MW … [continued]

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London Free Press

Councillors back rat response as citizen calls infestations ’embarrassing’

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Politicians are committed to looking into London’s rat problem, including ramping up enforcement on problem properties and creating a dedicated online reporting option for infestations. Members of council’s community and protective services committee voted unanimously Monday in favour of a motion from Ward 1 Coun. Hadleigh McAlister asking city staffers to expedite their ongoing review […]

Great Lakes Echo

Utilities ramp up tree trimming to address long-standing reliability problems

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By Sonja Krohn

DTE and Consumers Energy, Michigan’s largest electric utilities, have ramped up tree trimming to improve reliability. Despite improvements, Michigan has the poorest reliability record among the Great Lakes states, the Citizens Utility Board of Michigan says.

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