US Gas Prices Hit Highest Level In 4 Years, Analyst Says

The Fuel-Mix Saving America's Largest Grid From Blackouts Today Power prices soared on Thursday across PJM Interconnection, the nation's largest grid operator serving 67 million people across 13 states, as a brutal multi-day heat dome pushed electricity demand toward critically high levels and raised the risk of rolling blackouts. Ahead of triple-digit temperatures today across the Mid-Atlantic, including Washington, DC, Baltimore, and New York, PJM has declared a level 2 grid emergency and ordered emergency load reductions. The alert, one step below a warning of imminent rolling blackouts, applied across PJM's territory...

Panics, Politics, & Power: America's 3 Experiments With Central Banks Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, The Federal Reserve, established more than a century ago, is the United States’ third experiment with central banking. For much of its existence, the institution maintained a low public profile. Only after the 2008 global financial crisis did the Fed begin communicating more openly, introducing post-meeting press conferences and allowing monetary policymakers to engage more frequently with the media. Greater transparency, however, has brought greater scrutiny. Public sentiment toward the Fed and its leadership has fluctuated over...

New Radar System Can Detect High-Speed Drones Nearby Ports, Vessels In Extreme Environment Authored by Prabhat Ranjan Mishra via Interesting Engineering, A new type of radar to detect drones nearby ports, vessels, harbours, and critical maritime infrastructure has been introduced. Developed by Robin Radar Systems, IRIS OTM at Sea is designed for seamless land-to-sea deployments. The system can operate effectively in extreme environments thanks to its salt- and corrosion-resistant engineering.ROBIN The new system is a major expansion of its IRIS On-The-Move (OTM) capability. The comprehensive update is aimed at strengthening counter-UAS protection for shipping...