AI data centers on the East Coast are gobbling up so much juice that nonprofit grid operator PJM may be forced to enact rolling blackouts on its customers during both heat waves and exceptionally cold ...

We all have suffered, either directly or indirectly, from the failure of Xcel to provide us with a robust electric grid, one that can survive our windstorms, which are coming with increasing frequency ...

Jan 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. Midwest grid has teamed up with Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab, it said on Tuesday, in the latest instance of Big Tech turning to collaboration to help ensure the massive ...

Power-hungry data centers risk pushing parts of the U.S. power grid toward failure. Some technology companies are fighting a potential solution: disconnecting the data centers from the grid when ...

Illinois faces potential power shortages and price hikes due to retiring fossil fuel plants and rising energy demand from data centers. A new report from three state agencies projects these shortfalls ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- This week, for the first time, Ohio’s regional power grid operator was unable to buy enough power to meet its own reliability target. “Electricity costs are rising, and reliability ...

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” This old expression is usually invoked when talking about health, but it’s just as applicable to the electric grid. Utilities, communities and ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation by Rep. Bob Latta on Thursday that would require the Department of Energy to conduct regular assessments of the nation’s electric ...

A $9.4 billion network of long-distance power lines will be built across the eastern swath of Texas to create a new “superhighway” for the state’s power grid, after state officials voted unanimously ...