The US power grid is under stress. Outages are much more common than they were two decades ago, even as electricity consumption has remained little changed. One culprit is the extreme weather brought ...

The Midwest’s regional electricity grid issued an energy emergency alert for several hours Monday afternoon amid triple-digit temperatures in parts of the region, including in the Kansas City area.

So far, aided by growing solar capacity, heat-related outages have been limited. By Kate Selig and Hilary Howard The heat wave has broken temperature records across the Midwest and Northeast and put ...

It hasn’t been that long since humans figured out how to create power grids that integrated multiple generators and consumers. Ever since AC won the battle of the currents, grid operators have had to ...

Picture this: It’s a Thursday night in Houston and thunderstorms are rolling in. Suddenly, winds roar past 100 mph. Trees snap, windows shatter and the city darkens as power flickers out. Even after ...

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Texas' main grid operator on Thursday forecast that the state's growing demand for power could surpass its available energy supply beginning in summer 2026. In a report outlining potential supply and ...

Utahns want to invest in Utah, but Rocky Mountain Power’s policies are slowing that investment and the economic opportunity ...