New SCADA-controlled vacuum interruptible switches are being deployed through a federally supported project designed to improve local electric-grid resilience and control.
The useful signal is what changes next: who must spend, decide, adapt or absorb risk. That is the difference between an interesting headline and a development that matters.
Watch the next concrete result rather than the next round of commentary. Follow-through in markets, policy, operations or performance will tell us whether this becomes durable.