by PDI2 Staff | Jun 25, 2020 | LinkedIn
FPL Improves Grid Reliability With Undergrounding Undergrounding is one of the tactics Flordia Power & Light Company (FPL) deployed to improve grid reliability and reduce outage times after severe weather events. Nearly 50% of FPL’s 68,000 miles of distribution...
by PDI2 Staff | Jun 9, 2020 | LinkedIn
NOAA Billion-Dollar Weather Event Mapping Tool 2019 marked the fifth consecutive year in which 10 or more billion-dollar weather-related disaster events impacted the U.S. This interactive tool from NOAA helps visualize the frequency and cost of billion-dollar events....
by PDI2 Staff | Jun 4, 2020 | LinkedIn
Electric Power Losses in 2018 Averaged Six Hours Given that the majority of outage minutes are driven by major events, strategic or targeted undergrounding can dramatically reduce this time by facilitating much shorter system restoration times via less initial system...
by PDI2 Staff | May 27, 2020 | LinkedIn
Underground Cable Design Principles Enhancing underground cable designs will extend cable life and harden the grid. As Dr. Yuhsin Hawig points out, it is our responsibility to innovate and collaborate with others in our industry to design, select, and upgrade cable...
by PDI2 Staff | May 13, 2020 | LinkedIn
Implementing Effective Communication Strategies We’ve identified three key components when implementing your resiliency program: effective communication, construction strategy, and program KPIs. Our latest post discusses the first component and objectives for...
by PDI2 Staff | Dec 15, 2019 | LinkedIn
Power Delivery Intelligence Initiative Grid hardening to support greater reliability and resiliency can take many forms. The best methods are always the ones supported and driven by data. The following article is an example of how Gulf Power Company was able to...