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No silver bullet, no single fuel: What Texas can teach the Carolinas about energy resilience

  • Jocelyn Juliano

What do record-setting heat waves, hurricane season, and severe droughts all have in common? They all create strain on the power grid, threaten reliability, and drive up costs. Duke Energy, which serves customers throughout the Carolinas, forecasts a demand increase eight times the pace of the prior 15 years due to economic development, population growth, […]

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Does extreme heat cause train derailments? A Virginia railroad expert weighs in.

  • Nathaniel Cline

After a freight train derailed in Richmond earlier this month, questions have emerged about what caused the crash and whether the extreme heat played a role. Excluding the July train accident in Richmond, Virginia has recorded four derailments, all at speeds under 9 mph, since January, Federal Railroad Administration data shows. The incidents reflect the […]