Last year, about 6.5% of U.S. electricity generation came from utility-scale wind or solar resources, despite the modest amount of intermittent renewable energy in play right now.

Find out how grid operators across the country are preparing for these areas to grow, in this feature article at utilitydive.com.

Irma triggered one of the nation’s largest natural disaster-related power outages ever measured, leaving 10.5 million Florida households without power.

Read this Tampa Bay Times’ article that illustrates how restoring power for such a large number of customers simply takes time. Click here to read how Florida electric providers (including Duke Energy, TECO and FPL) tackled this enormous task.

In order for the electrical assets to grow as Mississippi grows, Entergy plans to invest $16.6 million to make their system more resistant to storm outages, as well as cyber-attacks and physical threats.

Visit MS News Now to learn more about what projects Entergy has in the works to improve their grid and prevent future power outages.

The grid reliability study produced by the Department of Energy is getting feedback centered around the importance of supplying clean and reliable electricity to the grid.

Click here to read Utility Dive’s article that covers the DOE’s acknowledgment of the need for “major transmission additions to connect the remote generation to the rest of the grid and to load centers.”

A recommendation has been filed to move forward with the construction of Vogtle nuclear expansion projects 3 and 4. The construction of the new Vogtle units is driving thousands of American jobs and will create nearly 800 new nuclear careers once operational, including careers for many veterans of the armed services.

To see when Georgia Power expects these projects to reach commercial operation, read the full article at marketsinsider.com.