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Pennsylvania Tries To Shore Up Power Grid

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Aging infrastructure and severe weather have led to an increase in power outages across the country. In Pennsylvania, the lights went out more than 50 times in 2017.

Amy Sisk (@amyrsisk) of WESA takes a look at what utilities in the state are doing to keep them on.

This story comes to us from StateImpact Pennsylvania, a public media collaboration covering Pennsylvania's energy economy.

This segment aired on September 3, 2018.

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