Sentences with phrase «u.s. electric power grid»

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Although more customers are investing in their own equipment for electric supply, like solar panels or even microgrids — a network of electricity users with a local source of supply and the capability to operate as an island during outages — the report says most U.S. customers will continue to depend on obtaining their power from the large - scale, interconnected electrical grid at least for the next two decades.

Electric currents from a March 1989 geomagnetic storm caused a blackout in Quebec and numerous glitches in the U.S. power grid.

Some analysts expect that existing grid capacity may be enough to power U.S. electric cars in the near future, yet they do not rule out the possibility of new coal or nuclear plants coming on line if renewable energy sources are not developed

Former Vice President Al Gore stood before a crowd of renewables investors, analysts and clean energy industry executives and declared the electric power grid in the U.S. as much of a technological dinosaur as landline telephones.

The U.S. electric grid is so old and outdated it can't handle the influx of wind power and other intermittent renewable resources.

The Model X's all - electric powertrain, with an EPA estimated 238 - mile all electric driving range, leverages the increasingly cleaner U.S. power grid as a fuel source to significantly increase the environmental benefits of the electric powertrain in 2018, and across future years.

ABSTRACT The current U.S. electric grid is underutilized and could generate and deliver the necessary energy to power the majority of the U.S. light - duty vehicle fleet.

The North American Electric Reliability Corporation, which monitors and regulates grid stability in Canada and the U.S., estimated in a report last April that net Canadian electricity exports under the Clean Power Plan could grow three-fold between 2020 and 2030 as demand for renewable power grows in states such as Ohio, Michigan, New York and jurisdictions in New EngPower Plan could grow three-fold between 2020 and 2030 as demand for renewable power grows in states such as Ohio, Michigan, New York and jurisdictions in New Engpower grows in states such as Ohio, Michigan, New York and jurisdictions in New England.

The group of U.S. and Canadian power grid operators who make up the ISO / RTO Council (IRC) and manage most of North America's bulk electric grid, expect 1 million plug - in vehicles could be deployed on the continent within five years to a decade — and they aim to be prepared.

The U.S. electric grid is getting greener, but only a handful of utilities are responsible for the rise in solar and wind power, a report found.