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 ...

Imagine a restaurant open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week that always maintains a full staff. With the exception of weekend nights and the lunch rush, the restaurant will be empty a lot of the time. But ...

As lawmakers search for ways to bring down utility bills, National Grid is newly proposing rate increases. A spokesman for the utility giant said Thursday, Dec. 18, that it wants an additional $24 per ...

An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world. Andes Solar IV, one of the largest ...

Police and pro-Palestinian protesters gather outside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for a graduation ceremony for students at the City University of New York on May 23. Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty ...

Warnings have been issued for portions of the United States’ electric power grid amid a forecasted severe geomagnetic storm. The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) of the National Oceanographic ...

Forecasts are turning colder across the Northern Hemisphere, and utilities ETFs may deserve a closer look as a potential seasonal trade. Weather experts caution that a weakening polar vortex could ...

Drive in almost any direction from almost any American city, and soon enough you’ll arrive at a data center—a giant white box rising from graded earth, flanked by generators and fenced like a prison ...

A couple saving money to build a home shared their current off-grid living setup, capturing the attention of many people online. Posting to the r/OffGrid subreddit, one person shared their current ...

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 ...

PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA - MAY 16: High voltage power lines run along the electrical power grid on May 16, 2024, in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The grid is strained by increasing demand from ...

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, more than 70% of the nation’s grid transmission lines and transformers are more than 25 years old, straining under the pressures of rising electrification ...