Southeast Utilities Enhance Storm Resilience with Smarter Grid Operations
Utilities across the Southeast U.S. are adopting integrated strategies to improve grid resilience against hurricanes and other extreme weather events. According to POWER Magazine, Duke Energy Florida's self-healing technology prevented over 300,000 outages during hurricanes Helene and Milton in 2024, saving customers more than 300 million minutes of outage time. This technology automatically detects outages and reroutes power, often restoring service in under a minute. Other utilities, such as Georgia Power and Green Mountain Power, are implementing similar measures, including Smart Wires, phase-balancing technologies, and customer-sited solutions like home batteries. These advancements aim to combine durable infrastructure with operational intelligence, enabling real-time adaptability and faster recovery during storms.