New York Blackout 2003: Historic power outage affecting a large part of the north eastern United States and Canada. (Photo by Robert Giroux/Getty Images) The Blizzard of 2026 swept across the ...

Google, Tesla, and data center developer Verrus are among a group of companies arguing that the electrical grid is being underutilized and they want everyone — especially politicians — to know about ...

Fossil fuels have struggled in the cold weather. The eastern half of the US saw a monster snowstorm over the weekend. The good news is the grid has largely been able to keep up with the freezing ...

One of the nicest comments people have made about the electrical grid was … nothing. The grid works best when it fades into the background. That low-profile status has changed in recent years as fires ...

Abstract: In alignment with decarbonization efforts, there has been widespread global interest in renewable energy sources such as wind and solar, which are connected to the grid via grid-connected ...

On a hot summer day, the power grid faces high demand. People run their air conditioners, charge their phones, and work from home. To meet this demand, utilities often turn on extra power plants ...

The US power grid is under significant stress due to rapidly increasing electricity demand from AI data centers and electric vehicles, coupled with the retirement of traditional power plants. The grid ...

Massive data centers are pushing energy demand higher. Some people claim that AI will be a net benefit for the grid. The rising popularity of AI is driving an increase in electricity demand so ...

Utilities are using AI to modernize the aging grid with tools to manage growing energy demands. Predictive maintenance and genAI assistants are predicting grid risk and reducing repair time. This ...

The world’s electricity grids are facing unprecedented strain as demand surges from electrification, data centers, and renewable energy integration, while aging infrastructure struggles to keep pace.

Smart Grid technology arrived with a bang more than two decades ago, but the first implementations often overpromised and underdelivered. Smart Grid 2.0, however, integrates new technologies to ...