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EIA: major utilities continue to increase spending on US electric distribution systems

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From 1996 to 2017, annual capital investment by these utilities for electric distribution systems nearly doubled, which was similar to increases in transmission investment over the same time period. Annual spending on customer expenses and operations and maintenance by these utilities also increased slightly.

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How to Prevent a Power Outage From Becoming a Crisis

Cars That Think

On 4 August 2020, a tropical storm knocked out power in many parts of New York City as well as neighboring counties and states. And it slowed urgent repair and maintenance of the power grid, with work crews having to practice social distancing due to the pandemic. Step 1: Identify outages in real time. YURY DVORKIN/NYU.

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Study: Johns Hopkins Says Shrinking Streets Could Improve Safety

The Truth About Cars

p][cuttext][/cuttext][p][br][/p][p]Researchers examined 7,670 sections of pavement in Dallas, New York City, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Miami, Denver, and Washington D.C. Narrower lanes ultimately minimize construction and road maintenance and also reduce environmental impacts.”[/p][p][br][/p][p]These

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Grabbing the prime real estate for electric truck charging hubs

Charged EVs

A charging hub for heavy-duty vehicles requires a tremendous amount of power, and local utilities can take years to install new electrical service. Fast-forward to 2017. Part of Zeem’s competitive advantage is that it has secured access to plenty of power in a prime location near LAX. Smith Electric didn’t succeed.