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Duke Energy has announced a major initiative to rebuild its three of its substations affected by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina.

DTEK will receive €107 million ($112.30 million) from the European Commission and the United States to restore power facilities destroyed in attacks on the energy system.

DTE Energy will construct three new substations as part of its strategy to reduce power outage frequency by 30% and outage time by half by 2029.

Oil-filled transformer manufacturer VanTran Transformers will expand manufacturing capabilities in Waco, Texas.

Viriginia Transformer has delivered, installed, and energized a new transformer in Newark, Delaware.

Many areas were left without power in New York State’s Chemung County on Thursday after a fire at a substation.

Spain’s Acciona Energía on Tuesday has acquired a portfolio of two wind farms in Texas, adding 300 MW of capacity to its US renewable energy fleet.

A Tennessee man had planned to use a drone carrying an explosive to destroy a Nashville substation.

TMC Transformers USA Inc. will invest more than $15.3 million over the next five years in a new manufacturing facility in Burke County, GA.

The DOE has announced nearly $2 billion for 38 projects to protect the grid against extreme weather, and to lower costs for communities and increase capacity.

Engie North America has struck a deal to deliver green power from its 350 MW Chillingham solar project in Texas to Google.

A new transmission line aimed at enhancing reliability in Santa Cruz County could receive $75 million from the Department of Energy (DOE).

Georgia Power has been awarded more than $160 million in funding by the Department of Energy (DOE) through its Grid Deployment Office.

Constellation Energy has ordered a main power transformer for the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor in Pennsylvania.

President Biden made another trip to a community devastated by a hurricane with his visit to Florida, announcing $612 million in projects for grid resilience.

ENGIE has reached 1.8 GW of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) capacity in operation across the United States.

Hurricane Milton made landfall in Sarasota County, FL, Wednesday night and tore across the state before exiting east coast Thursday morning.

American Electric Power, Dominion Energy Virginia and FirstEnergy are proposing several multi-state transmission projects in the PJM Interconnection.

Florida Power & Light Co. has implemented an emergency response plan in anticipation of large-scale power outages in Florida from Hurricane Milton.

US Department of Energy (DOE) selected Avangrid for a $425 million capacity contract for its Aroostook Renewable Project.

The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on Tuesday has greenlit the Construction and Operations Plan for the Atlantic Shores South Offshore Wind Projects 1 and 2.

A Midwest high-voltage transmission line that faced lengthy environmental pushback entered service this week some 13 years after grid operators approved the project.

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is actively restoring power to impacted customers as Hurricane Helene affects the state.

Construction on NPPD’s Scottsbluff Power Project will begin in October and is scheduled to be completed in spring of 2025.