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A wildfire burns through a mountain ridge, taking out all network infrastructure. Firefighters are left in a steep canyon, spread across 15 kilometers, with no network. They switch their LMR radios into direct mode, but the canyon walls block line-of
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In-brief analysis
September 10, 2026
Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook, September 2026
Note: 1H2026=first half of 2026
We forecast U.S. crude oil production will average 13.8 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2026, surpassing the previous record of 13.7 million b/d set in 2025, in our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).
In the first half of 2026 (1H26), crude oil production averaged 13.7 million b/d, 2% (0.3 million b/d) more than the same period in 2025. Most of this expansion is concentrated in the Permian region in Texas and New Mexico and the Federal Gulf of America.
Permian. We forecast Permian oil production will average 6.8 million b/d in 2026, 3% more than in 2025. Production growth in the Permian region is driven by higher crude
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The latest release of the NIST 5G Open-Source Testbed Automation tool includes a new GNU Radio-based channel emulator that uses ZeroMQ to connect multiple cells and multiple UEs. Researchers can adjust signal paths with configurable attenuation and
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In-brief analysis
September 3, 2026
Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Hourly Electric Grid Monitor
Note: ERCOT=Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Weekly average load is based on hourly data that are averaged across the week.
Sustained high temperatures have contributed to persistently high electricity demand in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the regional transmission organization for most of the state:
Hourly load in ERCOT averaged a record 74.5 gigawatts (GW) for the week ending August 22, 2026. Average hourly load for the week ending August 29 came in just below that at 73.7 GW. The hourly average for the week ending August 22 was 10% greater than the highest hourly average for any week in summer of 2025 and 6% greater than the previous record of 70.0 GW set in 2023. The
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