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EIA: major utilities continue to increase spending on US electric distribution systems

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Annual spending on customer expenses and operations and maintenance by these utilities also increased slightly. Operations and maintenance (O&M) expenses have increased as electric distribution systems experience stress from several factors, including more customers, variable generation, and the effects of storms, wildfires, and flooding.

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How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

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billion more solar panels. We will need a lot of workforce to install and maintain these facilities at the front lines, which are not always well suited to humans. SS MAPR prepares for its maiden voyage on the Schuylkill River, in Philadelphia. I want to build more robots that improve the environment we live in.