A NERC ride-through standard reaches its first deadline on October 1, 2026. PRC-029-1 applies to inverter-based resources: solar, wind and battery storage. Bulk-system plants above 75 MVA must comply by that date; plants above 20 MVA connected above 60 kV follow by January 1, 2027. Loads are not covered by PRC-029-1. They have their own…
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On July 22, 2026, data centers in Northern Virginia disconnected about 3,800 megawatts of load during a fault the transmission system cleared normally. The generators stayed up. The wires stayed up. The loads left. PJM’s analysis points at load-side sensitivity: protection settings inside the facilities read a survivable sag as a threat and transferred off…
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In July 2026, FERC opened proceeding RD26-7-000. The order directs NERC to write reliability standards for computational loads. It also directs NERC to propose the registry criteria that would make large data centers compliance entities. NERC must file by December 31, 2026. Until now, reliability standards bound utilities and generators. Loads were customers. The 2026…
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The Vulnerability of Power Flow The most destructive threat scenarios that could be exerted against our grid and power networks involve the manipulation of power control technology to cause cascading power events that inflict widespread damage to utility and customer equipment. This applies universally, in generation, transmission and distribution and on the customer…
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The Reality of Fire Risk in Transmission and Distribution Networks The flow of power in the grid is continuous much like water in a riverbed, only instead of erosion being the steady force of change and floods being the worst case scenario, it is infrastructure degradation and out of control fires. As suburbs push further…
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Electrical power has been around since the late 1800s and there are many experts both academic and industry who have spent their entire lives working with it. The one thing that is universal, globally, is the measurement methods. Since the entire world measures the same way, innovation and advancement are relegated to that constraint…
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3DFS Technology was highlighted in an article by David Roberts on Vox.com in an article entitled, “This technology could fundamentally change our relationship to electricity.” Through the article, David walks through some of the innovation behind Software-Defined Electricity and lays out the case that 3DFS technology widely adopted “would radically hasten both electrification and decarbonization,…
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3DFS attended DistribuTECH this year as a part of the delegation representing North Carolina’s Energy Sector. From January 23-25 in San Antonio, Texas, we were delighted to be alongside E4 Carolinas, Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, and the Research Triangle Clean Tech Cluster at Booth #627. We met many people and anticipate many partnerships and clients…
