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How Winds Impact the Grid
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Powerful winds can topple trees onto poles and power lines, leading to the potential for power outages.

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REC Utilizes Cutting-Edge Techniques to Reduce Tree-Caused Outages

Wednesday | October 9, 2024
Trees are a leading cause of power outages, with 70% of REC’s outages caused by trees located outside of a right-of-way. To address this ongoing chall...
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The Invasive Threat of Bamboo: A Power Outage Risk

Friday | October 4, 2024
Bamboo threatens REC’s infrastructure. When left unchecked, bamboo can grow quickly into overhead power lines, posing a serious risk for power outages...
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Clean-Energy Fellow to Drive EV and Grid Resilience Programs at REC

Wednesday | October 2, 2024
Viviana Garcia joins REC as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Clean Energy Innovator Fellowship program. The program provides recent graduates a...
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