John Moore and Gillian Giannetti, NRDC
Summary
In the time since U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Rick Perry first asked whether coal and nuclear power plants deserved special treatment, “resilience” has been the talk of the energy world. Most of the discussion has centered on the high-voltage electric grid. But a new report by three prominent energy experts correctly says that the focus should instead be on electricity customer needs. Those customer needs lie primarily on the distribution system—not the high-power grid. In fact, according to DOE, 90 percent of electricity service interruptions occur on the distribution system, the poles and wires that deliver electricity to our homes and businesses.
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