U.S. grid regulators warned that North America’s electric power system is not expanding fast enough to meet rising demand, meaning that several regions are at heightened risk of shortages over the ...

The United States needs more energy to get through the cold snaps of the future. The question is where it will come from.

And for the grid itself, high bills often signal deeper structural problems—overreliance on volatile fuels, premature retirement of reliable generation, or policy-driven distortions that shift costs ...

The modern United States runs on an invisible machine of wires, transformers, data centers, and control rooms. If that machine failed all at once, life would not simply get less convenient, it would ...

Five years after Winter Storm Uri caused catastrophic blackouts that killed hundreds, the electric grid has changed ...

America's power grid is struggling. Power outages have increased a staggering 20% annually since 2019, with weather-induced blackouts now threatening millions of households across the ...

It started like a typical North Texas “bundle up” forecast and turned into a statewide emergency that Texans will be measuring winters against for decades.

When the power goes out for Floridians, it’s more than just lighting a candle and waiting for the storm to pass. It’s the heat. A fitful sleep, no air flow and desperate calls to the utility company. ...