Posts Tagged: electric utilities
August 20, 2018
Nebraska’s Lincoln Electric System Charges Ahead with an Electric Vehicle Study to Understand Charging Demand on the Grid
Lincoln Electric System (LES), the public power utility in Nebraska’s capital city, has begun an Electric Vehicle (EV) study to better understand the impact that EV charging will have on its system’s demand. Utilities are responsible for ensuring that the power system is ready for more EV drivers, and LES’ study will help answer these questions by measuring the current needs of its community’s EV[…]
April 11, 2018
A look at which US utility companies are running EV programs
Electric vehicles are increasing in popularity. But is the electrical utility grid ready to adapt? By 2020, the EV market is expected to reach 3.8 billion. The prices are dropping, which will accelerate the adoption of the new type of vehicles even further. However, this raises some problems: How are utilities going to prepare for taking the extra load? What will happen during the[…]
January 29, 2018
The greatest threats to our Nations power grid
When you think of the current threat environment that developed nations face, one of the last things normally mentioned is the power grid. Power grids are an essential part of any developed and developing countries in so that without it, the country would be unable to operate like it should. Communications would be cut off, hospitals and other essential services would slowly be weened[…]
