The purpose of the nation’s electricity grid that powers our homes and businesses is to provide reliable electricity. That’s ...

The electrical grid is facing unprecedented stress from the addition of new data centers. Software could offer a ...

Distributed energy resources (DERs) have become a major part of the power generation landscape, particularly in support of a ...

Ian King says the kind of synchronized energy demand we experience on New Year’s Eve isn’t typical. AI is helping to keep the ...

In February 2021, Texas came within four minutes and 37 seconds of a complete statewide blackout. A winter storm knocked out 40 percent of the state’s grid capacity in just four hours, leaving ...

The grid is made up of power generators — such as dams, coal plants or wind turbines — and more than five million miles of power lines carrying electricity all over the country, according to the vice ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory partnered with the University of Tennessee to develop ...

If you can get new customers or new electricity consumption added to the grid when and where there is that spare capacity – ...

The Texas grid operator found that under most weather conditions, there is a less than 2% chance of a grid emergency through February. However, Texas could be in trouble in the unlikely event that a ...

On March 3 at 11:30 in the morning, an interesting thing happened on the New England power grid. The price for power dropped below zero. It was -$75.14 per MWh, to be exact. That’s MINUS $75.14. That ...

Snow and ice buildup can damage service lines, meters and vents which can sometimes lead to fires, gas leaks or carbon ...

Illinois faces potential power shortages and price hikes due to retiring fossil fuel plants and rising energy demand from ...