Solar Storms Add to Growing List of Pressing Issues for Grid Reliability Monitor

A government warning yesterday of a possible threat to the nation's power grid from an approaching solar geomagnetic pulse punctuated a high-level Washington conference on the phalanx of challenges that confront the nation's electric power sector, from space weather to coal-plant retirements.

An annual summit of electric industry leaders and regulators, organized by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC), dug into the question of whether the federally mandated oversight process can keep up with multiple challenges to grid operations.

Solar Storms Add to Growing List of Pressing Issues for Grid Reliability Monitor