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Microgrids created electric sanctuaries in Florida, Georgia, Virginia and the Carolinas after Hurricane Ian made landfall, packing winds as high as 155 MPH

The basic purpose of a microgrid is to island the user facility — be it a hospital or fire station — from the utility grid when brown-outs or black-outs are at play (which are becoming more common). While the regulated utilities claim a need for state approval for billions of dollars worth of grid improvements to avoid these outages — both planned and unplanned — such improvements, if approved, are not likely to be evenly distributed. Utility grid “investments are unlikely to be made ...