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Spotlight: Reliability and Resilience
Increases in severe weather, changing customer
preferences and advancements in technology
continue to transform our world and the way we
provide energy to those we serve. We understand
that having reliable energy is essential, which is why we
are at the forefront of industry-leading innovation and
are focused on making smart investments to provide
reliable and resilient service to our customers. We do
this by upgrading and enhancing our infrastructure,
protecting electric and natural gas infrastructure from
physical and cyber-threats, reducing our GHG emissions,
and deploying distributed generation solutions, among
other initiatives. We are always preparing for the future.
Southern Company is a leading participant in
EPRI’s Climate READi: Power Resilience and
Adaptation initiative
As 1-in-50 or 1-in-100-year extreme events of the past increase in
frequency, and society increasingly depends on electricity, EPRI is
strengthening the power sector’s collective approach to managing
climate risk to the power system. EPRI’s collaborative model will
convene the global thought leaders and scientific researchers
necessary to build an informed and consistent approach. The
framework will enable energy companies, regulators and other
stakeholders to use science-informed insights in a more consistent
way to better understand, plan for and disclose future global
power system challenges arising from the changing environment.
As we transition to cleaner fuel sources, Southern
Company is focused on modernizing our infrastructure
to improve system resilience and ensuring processes
are in place to minimize physical risks to our energy
systems. Over the 2022-2026 planning period, we aim
to invest $17 billion across our electric transmission
and distribution (T&D) systems, including smart grid
infrastructure, energy storage, microgrids, and demand
response technology. These efforts will help further
modernize our T&D infrastructure, build system-wide
resilience and enhance our ability to identify problems
and avoid service disruptions for our customers.
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