"You need to make sure you can make the grid work, " he says.
"That is important because ultimately, the cost of National Grid's work does actually end up on people's electricity bills, " he added.
It can work with smart grid devices if the local utility uses them.
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Grid architectures are designed to work around single-point failures, but in the 1989 event there were 15 major failures in a few seconds across the regional grid, and that was more than the system could cope with.
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And given the number of independent Grid initiatives, much of the work under way is going to be redundant in any case.
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With Unit 4 now reconnected to the electricity grid, plant engineers will try to work the unit back up to generating 370 megawatts.
Students like him may be keen on renewables, but this program is meant to prepare them to work on the aging transmission grid as well.
The damage to the power grid in Japan caused some disruptions in work and manufacturing even for businesses that were not in the heaviest damaged areas.
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Its sales were boosted by existing contracts with major companies such as Nexen and Talisman and new work with Dong Energy and National Grid, among others.
Home appliances, meters, transformers and generators could all share data and work together to make the power grid more efficient, for example by lowering the peak load.
The survey also found that the majority of respondents lack a comprehensive vision of how enterprise-wide information and technology infrastructure will work with current and future smart grid deployments.
With their gray glass bushings sticking out at right angles, they look strangely out of sync with the evolving calls for a "smart grid, " but engineers say they still work just fine.
Those of us who have dedicated careers to protecting the American people from an EMP catastrophe know that no actual technical work is yet underway to physically protect the national power grid from EMP.
The MIT Sloan School of Management introduced its "competency model" in 2000, creating a four-zone grid that measures demonstrated success, such as test scores and standout work experience, and personal attributes, such as relationship-building skills and sensitivity to others.
If anything, the recent grid failure adds urgency to the completion of the Graham Commission's work.
To achieve the promise of this smart grid, there will need to be at least a decade's worth of work and heavy infrastructure changes.
Which meant that Alonso had his work cut out for him after a mediocre qualifying session put him ninth on the grid for the race with Vettel in pole position.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should work with the private sector to identify which parts of the nation's power grid and telecommunications infrastructure are critical to preserving the nation's core capabilities.
And, by the way, we can put a lot of people to work, doing the work that America needs done -- rebuilding roads and bridges, but also broadband lines and a smart grid and high-speed rail.
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