{"678178":{"#nid":"678178","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Georgia Tech, Southern Co. and tech firm partner to upgrade state\u0027s electric grid","body":"","field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBacked by funding from the Department of Energy, three partners \u2014 Georgia Tech, Southern Co. and the North Carolina-based tech company Smart Wires \u2014 will be testing new technologies to upgrade the electric grid.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs newer and renewable energy sources such as solar and batteries come on line, electric grids require upgrades to effectively tap into them. Grids across the country, including Southern Co.\u0027s system in Georgia run by Georgia Power, also require upgrades to meet the growing electricity demand from digital technologies and generative artificial intelligence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ferc.gov\/news-events\/news\/fact-sheet-building-future-through-electric-regional-transmission-planning-and\u0022 rel=\u0022nofollow noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EThe Federal Energy Regulatory Commission\u003C\/a\u003E published a rule earlier this year known as Order No. 1920 that requires grids to be updated to handle modern electricity-transmission demands and grid owners to plan for the long term. Partnerships and projects like this can help Georgia\u0027s grid achieve these goals.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36413","created_gmt":"2024-11-05 15:57:11","changed_gmt":"2024-11-05 15:57:58","author":"pdevarajan3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Atlanta Business Chronicle","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/atlanta\/news\/2024\/11\/01\/georgia-tech-southern-co-smart-wires-grid.html","dateline":{"date":"2024-11-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-11-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"675523":{"id":"675523","type":"image","title":"20241101gettyimages-transmission-line_900x506x4203-2368-0-303.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EThe partnership of Georgia Tech, Southern Co. and Smart Wires to upgrade Georgia\u0027s electrical grid is fueled in part by money from the U.S. Department of Energy.\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1730822243","gmt_created":"2024-11-05 15:57:23","changed":"1730822243","gmt_changed":"2024-11-05 15:57:23","alt":"The partnership of Georgia Tech, Southern Co. and Smart Wires to upgrade Georgia\u0027s electrical grid is fueled in part by money from the U.S. Department of Energy.","file":{"fid":"259156","name":"20241101gettyimages-transmission-line_900x506x4203-2368-0-303.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/11\/05\/20241101gettyimages-transmission-line_900x506x4203-2368-0-303.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/11\/05\/20241101gettyimages-transmission-line_900x506x4203-2368-0-303.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":66040,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/11\/05\/20241101gettyimages-transmission-line_900x506x4203-2368-0-303.jpg?itok=OSIdIYqZ"}}},"media_ids":["675523"],"groups":[{"id":"367481","name":"SEI Energy"}],"categories":[{"id":"144","name":"Energy"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}