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Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today released findings from a Frost & Sullivan study of the U.S. grid ecosystem. Utilities and network operators, the organizations that are responsible for operating the live grid, are the least confident in modernization readiness, with just 45 percent rating the regions they serve as well prepared. Only half of operators report significant progress in meeting surging load demand over the past five years.
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Fifty-three percent of respondents believe their organization is making a significant contribution to accelerating domestic grid modernization. Specific areas of strength include:
Yet Readiness Lags in Key Areas
Validation Bottlenecks Throttling Progress
Farah Saeed, Industry Director, Energy and Environment Growth Advisory, Frost & Sullivan, said: “The survey underscores that while industry stakeholders each face different pain points, they all converge around the same core issue. The grid ecosystem needs a more coordinated way to validate complex, connected, software systems before they reach the field.”
Thomas Goetzl, Vice President and General Manager for Automotive and Energy Solutions, Keysight, said: “The next phase of grid modernization will require a fundamental shift in how new technologies are validated. As power, communications, and cybersecurity become increasingly interconnected, validating them in isolation is no longer enough. A more resilient grid will depend on ensuring these systems can interoperate and perform reliably under real-world conditions.”
Frost & Sullivan surveyed 120 professionals, mostly engineers and cybersecurity specialists, at U.S. device manufacturers, system integrators, and network operators in May 2026. Respondents were split evenly by segment and region.
The findings of the report will be one of the topics of discussion at Keysight's inaugural Grid Modernization Summit, scheduled for January 28, 2027, in Mountain View, California.
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Keysight Survey Finds Fewer than Half of Grid Operators Believe Network Is Ready as Power Demand Surges
WASHINGTON (AP) — Five people were shot, one fatally, on Thursday in a Washington, D.C., neighborhood within walking distance of the White House, police said, and the suspected gunman later shot and killed himself as a swarm of officers responded to a nearby apartment building where he was barricaded.
One victim died in the initial shooting, said Jeffery Carroll, interim chief with the Metropolitan Police Department.
Carroll said the suspect then shot himself while barricaded inside an apartment. He added that the man apparently had a dispute with the building’s homeowners association.
The suspect's death was confirmed by a law enforcement official, who was not authorized to publicly discuss the ongoing investigation into what happened and spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.
The shootings were reported in Logan Circle, about a mile north of the White House. Much of the block on 15th Street was cordoned off as police urged people to avoid the area, which includes a VIDA fitness center, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, residences and a Whole Foods supermarket. Schools were on lockdown.
Law enforcement SWAT teams and other officers had their guns drawn on the roof of an apartment building or on the ground below.
Authorities believe the suspect shot at least one person inside the gym before going outside and firing again, according to another law enforcement official who was not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation and spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity.
Law enforcement agents believe the suspect shot another person in a parking garage elevator before barricading himself on the seventh floor of the building, the official said.
Witness James Spellman, who was at the gym, said there were about 50 people there around 8 a.m. when the shooting began.
“Within seconds there was a man who fell to the ground, and a pool of blood came out," he said. "One gym member rushed to help him. He was instantly dead. He had been shot in the neck.”
Spellman said he and others dashed out of the gym. He said he heard about two shots fired in the gym and about five or six fired outside.
Another witness, Ryan Dubicki, said he was in his nearby apartment around the same time when he “heard about five bangs.”
“They were really spread out so I thought it was construction,” he said. A short time later "there were cops everywhere.”
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said it sent agents to the scene to help. And the FBI said its Washington field office was helping local police with the investigation.
The neighborhood has seen violence before. In early August 2025, a onetime member of President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency was assaulted early on a Sunday morning in the Logan Circle neighborhood by a group of teenagers attempting to carjack him and a woman, authorities said.
Days later, Trump fulfilled his threat to bypass local authority and imposed direct federal control over the city, sending in hundreds of National Guard members to reduce crime. That deployment continues today.
This story has been corrected to show the interim police chief’s name is Jeffery, not Jeffrey.
Local law enforcement respond to reports of an active shooting investigation, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
Local law enforcement and National Guard, are seen responding to reports of an active shooting investigation, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Local law enforcement respond to reports of an active shooting investigation, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Local law enforcement respond to reports of an active shooting investigation, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom Brenner)
Local law enforcement respond to reports of an active shooting investigation, Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
