EnergyCAP’s recent State of Utilities survey makes one thing clear: utility costs are rising. Aging infrastructure, new loads including data centers, and rate increases are all adding pressure...

That’s how Uday V. Shanbag, Associate Professor in Penn State University’s Department of Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, described the challenge facing a team of Penn State researchers who have been selected to help “modernize and reimagine the United States’ power grid” through a U.S. Department of Energy-sponsored competition.
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More details about the grid modernization challenge are available through Penn State News.
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