U.S. energy needs have changed dramatically over the last few decades, and questions are growing as to whether our grid can manage these new demands. Aside from rising temperatures—the National ...

Enormous new batteries keep appearing on the grid, making it devilishly tricky to keep track of which is the biggest in a ...

As supercharged storms and wildfires batter electric power systems with greater frequency, an industry research group released Thursday a framework to help power companies improve resilience in the ...

To build a modern-day electrical grid with the flexibility and resilience to handle ebbing and flowing energy sources like solar and wind power, West Virginia University engineers have designed and ...

Over the past decades power grids have undergone a transformation towards smaller and more intermittent generators – primarily in the form of wind and solar generators – as well as smaller ...

PJM, the largest grid operator in North America, has launched a multiyear partnership with tech giant Google and its Alphabet X moonshot Tapestry to streamline PJM’s grid interconnection process using ...

Four years ago this week, California’s power grid was so strained by a heat wave that rolling blackouts hit hundreds of thousands of residents over two days. It nearly happened again two years ago, ...

Georgia utility Southern Company is teaming up with Georgia Tech and Smart Wires to roll out a US Department of Energy (DOE)-backed project aimed at boosting Georgia and Alabama’s electric grid. The ...

The new PROTECT the Grid Act currently under debate in Congress will definitely help to secure the United States' power grid. On August 7, 2025, Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) announced his “PROTECT the ...