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Severe Weather Straining Electrical Grids: New Research Mitigates Demand Surges, Increasing Grid Reliability and Reducing Costs

  • 1.  Severe Weather Straining Electrical Grids: New Research Mitigates Demand Surges, Increasing Grid Reliability and Reducing Costs

    Posted 02-08-2023 09:16

    BALTIMORE, MD, February 8, 2023 – Concerns are mounting among policymakers and utility companies amid the impact of severe weather on the nation's electrical grids. In recent months, electrical grids in Texas have been tested to the point of near failure. So it seems like perfect timing that new research in the INFORMS journal Management Science identifies a new method that provides the best way to utilize "direct load control contracts" to mitigate electricity demand surges, increase grid reliability and reduce electricity cost. All of this right down to the individual household.

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    Ashley Smith
    Public Relations Specialist
    INFORMS
    Catonsville MD
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