backup generation
- Hospitals, 911 centers, water plants: what the federal grid emergency order left alone
September's DOE emergency order let PJM tell large power users to run their backup generators before rolling blackouts, but it carved out generators that protect hospitals, emergency dispatch, water systems, defense sites and gas pipelines.
- Northern Virginia air and noise on backup generation
A provision in September's federal emergency order let PJM tell large power users to run their own generators before rolling blackouts.