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“Black Start” Capability is Critical to a Resilient Electric Grid
A key element of resilience is the ability to rapidly recover from a disruptive event. The 'near miss' of a total blackout in ERCOT this past February highlights the needs for blackstart plans and infrastructure to be able to restart the grid in the face of new and emerging threats. We need development of a Design Basis Threat to understand the current and future threat environment; and engineering analyses of the needs to rapidly recover in light of these threats and the interdependencies between the electric grid and other critical infrastructure sectors.
This blog discusses the need for action now.
https://protectourpower.org/blog/black-start-capability-resilient-electric-grid/
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- Legislation on Infrastructure Resilience is Key to Grid Security
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