Winter Storm Fern: If a Million Outages Isn’t a Failure, What Is?

The 4 lessons New England’s grid can learn from Winter Storm Fern • Maine Morning Star

“The cold temperatures and the storm really, really highlight the importance of a portfolio approach,” said Valessa Souter-Kline, managing director of the industry association Advanced Energy United. (Photo by iStock/Getty Images Plus) This story was originally published by Canary Media. First it got cold. Across New England, temperatures have been almost constantly below 20 degrees Fahrenheit since last Friday night. Then it snowed. Winter…

Winter Storm Fern: If a Million Outages Isn’t a Failure, What Is?

“Wow, we really dodged the bullet. Maybe a million customers lost service, but none of the grids went down. Anyway, you can’t really prepare for freak events. Congrats on a job well done!” You can just imagine the imaginary manager of the imaginary US electric grid control center telling that to the frazzled staff after that fierce winter storm dubbed Fern. Of course, a number of power plants (largely gas-fired) stopped operating, power lines we…

Mail Carrier Says He Was Suspended After Posting Worries About Winter Storm Safety on Facebook

An Ohio man is speaking out after he claims he was suspended from his job with the U.S. Postal Service for criticizing working conditions on social media during Winter Storm Fern.

Some random thoughts about Fern

These are just thoughts which came while I sat here with some, but not all, services restored, reflecting on what I had experienced and thinking about the 6,500 other Union Countians who are still experiencing at this moment.

TDCI Shares Insurance, Safety, and Contractors Information in Aftermath of Winter Storm Fern

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53,660 Cable and Wireline Subscribers Still Facing Storm Outages

The FCC's outage status report Friday for areas affected by Winter Storm Fern showed 1.4% of cellsites down in the covered counties of Mississippi and Tennessee. It said 53,660 cable and wireline subscribers were out of service. One TV station...