Business Trend. 28 Utilities Join RESTORE to boost grid resilience

The 28 utilities: Ameren Missouri, Ameren Illinois, Ameren Transmission Company of Illinois, American Transmission Company LLC, Associated Electric Cooperative, Inc., six Duke Energy utilities, Duquesne Light Company, East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Entergy Corporation, Florida Power and Light Company, ITC Midwest, ITC Transmission, METC, Santee Cooper, and South Carolina Electric & Gas Company.

What is RESTORE?  Regional Equipment Sharing for Transmission Outage Restoration – was founded in 2016 by Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities, PPL Electric Utilities, Tennessee Valley Authority and Southern Company.

What is the Goal of RESTORE?

• address the threats outlined earlier this year in the Department of Energy’s Strategic Transformer Reserve Report
• Utility cooperation
• Increase ability to call on additional resources among utilities

Utility Dive | 28 utilities join RESTORE program to boost grid resilience, reliability