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 ...

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 ...

The Texas power grid system, which failed during a winter storm five years ago, could be put to the test this weekend as the region faces subfreezing temperatures and dangerous wind chills. But Texas ...

Saman Zonouz receives funding from the Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (DOE CESER) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The darkness that ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Across Central New York, this winter’s National Grid electric and gas bills are up by about $120 on average, thanks to a blizzard of forces hitting residential customers. But two ...

HOUSTON – Ahead of this weekend’s winter weather threat, we want to help you understand how you can easily monitor the power grid from the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. ERCOT, which manages ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- As the threat of dangerous winter weather looms, many are left wondering if the power grid can handle it. Nearly five years have passed since the devastating winter storm of ...

BEIJING, Jan 15 (Reuters) - China's State Grid will spend 4 trillion yuan ($574 billion) to upgrade the country's power grid between 2026 and 2030, state-run Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. That ...

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 ...