The challenge posed by surging demand for electricity from data centers and high-performance computing facilities presents an ...

The evolution of energy markets from vertically integrated utilities to open access competitive markets has created a power grid increasingly integrating smaller and more diverse distributed energy ...

Our nation’s aggressive pursuit of “green energy” goals is putting both electric grid reliability and security at risk.

Rather than feeling guilty about cooling down in extreme heat, homeowners could boost power reliability and lay a welcome mat for more renewables.

Electric grid operators run the grid and wholesale power markets in their territories. Utilities purchase power from the wholesale market when they need it, and the base price charge is determined ...

Florida must strengthen its electrical grid before it’s too late | Opinion For hospitals, emergency responders and vulnerable Floridians, power loss isn’t just an inconvenience — it’s a ...

National Grid Renewables has rebranded to Geronimo Power following its acquisition by Canadian asset manager Brookfield.

Another U.S. regional grid operator is proposing a process to fast-track connection agreements for power plants, a process aimed at heading off a looming shortage of generating capacity by the end ...

Louisiana’s electric grid was missing a huge amount of power last weekend because of unplanned outages at power plants, contributing to MISO's decision to order forced blackouts.

While the grid is expected to have adequate resources under normal conditions, higher temperatures and surging demand—notably in the West and Southeast—could challenge reliability in some regions.

It’s a worst case scenario that grid operators plan for but hope never to encounter. After one of the worst blackouts in Europe in more than a decade, electricity grid operators in Spain and ...

Texas lawmakers are trying to figure out how the state’s already-strained power grid can possibly keep up, when Stargate and some of the other data centers that want to come to the state consume ...