A winter storm brought freezing temperatures to much of the U.S. two weeks ago and still holds much of the Northeast in its grip. Americans cranked up the heat, posing the biggest test of the electric ...

Last month’s sprawling winter storm from Texas to New England was one of the first multigrid tests in the U.S. for big batteries. They passed. Texas, in particular, benefited from energy storage, ...

Texas has so many massive AI-related data centers in development that its grid operator is now considering reevaluating some projects that were previously approved. The Electric Reliability Council of ...

A group that monitors the U.S. electricity system warns that grid reliability is “worsening” and blackout risks are rising for millions of people. By Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington The ...

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 ...

In 1843, Congress gave Samuel Morse $30,000 to try to send a telegram from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore. Rather than bury the transmission wires underground, where technical issues would be hard to ...

Mr. Meyer is a contributing Opinion writer and the founding executive editor of Heatmap, a media company focused on climate change. It might not be obvious, but it has been a bit of a challenge to ...

AI infrastructure is scaling fast, and its need for energy has moved firmly into the spotlight. News cycles are increasingly dominated by debates about AI’s impact on power systems, consumer energy ...

A deep freeze is gripping the US in the wake of the worst storm so far this season, leaving the country’s biggest electric grid in emergency status and bracing for record wintertime demand. PJM ...

As a massive winter storm barrels across the U.S., power grid operators are taking extraordinary steps to keep the lights on and avoid rolling blackouts. The storm, stretching more than 2,300 miles, ...

HOUSTON — Anytime the Texas power grid is the subject of a conservation advisory, or when the weather turns extreme in the Lone Star State, it's a good time to check on supply and demand. The Electric ...

The latest forecasts on Friday morning suggest North Texas is in for the longest stretch of below-freezing temperatures we’ve felt since the deadly, catastrophic winter storm of 2021. In the five ...