National Grid

Power Utilities Turn to AI Analysis for Up-to-Date Safety Predictions

February 10, 2021

Applying AI to planning requires a trove of data, and many power utilities have the operational data necessary to begin the kind of advanced analytics machine learning can provide.

Electricity

UK Reveals Post-Brexit Plans for Power Connections to European Continent

National Grid plans to have 7.8 GW of import-export capacity in place by 2024

Peter Reina

December 23, 2019

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National Grid is adding to its three existing electricity interconnectors to continental Europe, with the EU part funding the newest project.

Mass. Gas Leak Follows NTSB Final Report, Call for Reforms

Johanna Knapschaefer

October 2, 2019

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A major natural-gas leak forced Lawrence, Mass., residents to evacuate their homes early on Sept. 27.

National Grid Lockout Ends After Unions Ratify Agreement

January 9, 2019

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Following a six-month lockout of 1,250 National Grid gas workers and support staff, two United Steelworkers unions have ratified a tentative agreement reached on Jan. 2 that will lead to a full return to work during the week of Jan. 20.

Rhode Island Wind-Power RFP Attracts Six Times the Requested Demand

November 21, 2018

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National Grid and Rhode Island state regulators will review 41 proposals offering 2,500 MW that were submitted in response to a September request seeking 400 MW of renewable-energy capacity.

Public Safety

25 Days After Explosion, Another Utility Shuts Off Gas in Boston Area

Columbia Gas uprading system following September explosions

Johanna Knapschaefer

October 10, 2018

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In Woburn, Mass., National Grid shut off gas to 339 homes after a worker inadvertently over-pressurized a line Oct. 8. A similar occurrence Sept. 13 in a Columbia Gas line in the region apparently triggered explosions and fires that burned 80 structures in three localities.

Utilities Put Hold on Access Northeast Pipeline

July 12, 2017

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Massachusetts’ two largest utilities, Eversource and National Grid, have mothballed their $3.2-billion Access Northeast natural-gas pipeline project, citing lack of regional support.

National Grid Proposes New $1-Billion Transmission Project

April 5, 2017

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National Grid has proposed a $1-billion transmission line capable of moving up to 1,200 MW of power into New England.

Google, Environmentalists and University Push Methane-Leak Detection

Mary B. Powers

December 20, 2016

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National Grid, which serves New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, is set to be the second U.S. natural-gas utility to use technology advanced by Google Earth, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Colorado State University to boost large-scale methane-leak detection.

map of power transfer from island to mainland grid

RI Wind-Farm Subcontractor Slowly Ties Together Block Island Project

Johanna Knapschaefer

May 11, 2016

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After nearly four months of grueling work 50 ft beneath a state beach in Rhode Island, crews have finished drilling a 2,250-ft tunnel for the conduit that will carry power from the 30-MW Block Island wind farm to a National Grid switching station in Narragansett, R.I.