[DCEN VIDEO] Restoring Confidence in the Power Grid - Jigar Shah, Jigar Shah Consulting

On September 6th the DC Environmental Network convened a discussion entitled "Restoring Confidence in Our Regions Power Grid." The June 29th Derecho storm illustrated that we can expect extreme weather events to be the rule, not the exception. It also demonstrated that the eroding reliability of the power grid increases the frequency, scope and duration of power outages resulting in billions of dollars being lost.

With our grid in the Washington D.C. metro region firmly mired among the bottom quartile of reliability rankings among all US municipalities we tried to begin to answer certain questions including:

- How can we hold Pepco accountable?

- What will it take to build an infrastructure capable of powering our region through the 21st Century?

- What are the components of a reliable grid? What would they do? How do they fit together?

- How much will this cost? Who will fund it and how long will it take to build?

- What are the alternatives to Pepco?

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