North Carolina Coop Leader Touts Microgrid Projects at Senate Hearing
Lee Ragsdale, Senior Vice President of Grid Infrastructure and Compliance at North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives, recently spoke at a Senate hearing on energy innovation and economic growth regarding current initiatives to strengthen the energy grid. Specifically, Ragsdale spoke about using solar farms, demand-response programs, energy storage, and microgrids to strengthen the grid—improving local resiliency while reducing carbon dioxide emissions and keeping rates low.