Summary
- Hurricane Helene caused power outages for over 2 million Duke Energy customers in the Carolinas
- Recovery efforts involved utility workers from 41 U.S. states and Canada restoring power
- Asheville, North Carolina, an area not typically vulnerable to hurricanes, was heavily impacted
- The event highlights the need for grid resilience in the face of climate change and electrification
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- Flooding poses a serious threat to power grids not prepared for it
- Challenges in rebuilding the grid in western North Carolina due to geographic differences
- Transformer shortage raises concerns about future supply chain bottlenecks
- Recommendations for implementing solutions like strategic transformer reserves and microgrids