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Published: Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Atlanta following a 2014 winter storm. Photo credit: Christopher Aluka Berry/Reuters/Newscom
Snowplows cleared Interstate 285 in Atlanta on Jan. 29, 2014, after a rare ice storm swept through the Southeast. The severe winter weather left thousands stranded for hours on frozen roadways and strained the regional power grid. Christopher Aluka Berry/Reuters/Newscom
When arctic air sent the U.S. Southeast into a deep freeze seven years ago, electricity companies scrambled to stabilize the grid as customers stayed home and turned up the heat and other appliances. We didn t have rolling blackouts, but we were on the hairy edge, Tom Fanning, CEO of Atlanta-based utility giant Southern Co., said in a recent interview with E&E News.
Lawmakers review SCâs electric grid in aftermath of Texas winter storm
Lawmakers review SCâs electric grid in aftermath of Texas winter storm By Emily Wakeman | March 2, 2021 at 8:01 PM EST - Updated March 2 at 9:57 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - On Tuesday, lawmakers discussed South Carolinaâs electric grid and its ability to withstand winter storms like the one that left millions in Texas without power. It comes in the wake of Governor Henry McMaster directing the Office of Regulatory Staff to review the stateâs public and private power grid.
The Office of Regulatory Staff said they hope to have a draft of its review to the State Regulation of Public Utilities Review Committee by September, and their final report to them by the end of the year.