More EVs and a growing demand for power will require upgrades to the grid, although coming technologies may end up lowering ...

Until now, we’ve been customers of utilities — with power flowing one way to homes — but more and more we’ll be active ...

The "self-healing" grid automatically isolates outages and reroutes power, often possibly restoring service within seconds.

If there is one reminder from the power outages left in the wake of Hurricane Helene, it’s that our nation’s electric grid has vulnerabilities. Despite the sharp minds and advanced technology designed ...

The U.S. transmission and distribution (T&D) network is reliable and well-maintained, but as renewable energy continues being added to the grid, and demand increases due to growing data center needs ...

What is a microgrid and how does it work? New portable units allow you to “island” home energy for off-the-grid security. No, we’re not talking about miniature cooking pans for making tiny pancakes!

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The ABC10 weather team examines how California is balancing climate and cost with increasing electricity demand.

Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro thinks electric grid operator PJM moves too slowly. He wants states to have more control.