Wall Street Journal

Here’s What We Learned About the Power Grid During the Cold Snap

A winter storm brought freezing temperatures to much of the U.S. two weeks ago and still holds much of the Northeast in its grip. Americans cranked up the heat, posing the biggest test of the electric ...
Los Angeles Times

Texas grid shows how batteries help avoid winter blackouts

Last month’s sprawling winter storm from Texas to New England was one of the first multigrid tests in the U.S. for big batteries. They passed. Texas, in particular, benefited from energy storage, ...
WGAL

Shapiro unveils GRID standards proposal to limit data center impacts

NEWS EIGHT’S AJ SISON CONTINUES OUR TEAM COVERAGE WITH THIS PART OF THE BUDGET. GOVERNOR JOSH SHAPIRO STANDING FIRM ON DATA CENTER GROWTH NOT ONLY IN PA, BUT IN THE UNITED STATES WHEN IT COMES TO ...
The Hill

Grid reliability projected to decline as data centers drive demand, watchdog says

The outlook for electric grid reliability in North America is worsening, as demand may outpace supply in the years ahead, according to a key watchdog. In its annual Long-Term Reliability Assessment, ...
Grist

The winter storm exposed the grid’s real weakness: Lots of old poles

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 ...
Fox Business

Massive winter storm strains US power grid as operators scramble to avoid blackouts

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, ...
Texas Monthly

Can the Texas Grid Withstand This Winter Storm?

Trust in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the operator of the state’s predominant power grid, was shaken greatly by the devastating February 2021 winter storm that resulted in widespread, ...
CNN

Here’s how AI data centers affect the electrical grid

Tech giants are in a heated race to build data centers and dominate the AI landscape. But America might not be ready for the energy demand. The country’s aging electrical grid could struggle to keep ...
Wall Street Journal

The Factory Workers Who Build the Power Grid by Hand

SOUTH BOSTON, Va.—In a factory not far from the North Carolina state line, Robin Cisco walks her fingers across hundreds of feet of paper-insulated copper wire. Cisco is a “winder” at Hitachi Energy’s ...
The New York Times

Once a Gamble in the Desert, Electric Grid Batteries Are Everywhere

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 ...
Booth School of Business

What Can Be Done to Strengthen the US Power Grid?

Artificial intelligence, automation, crypto mining, and cloud computing are putting increasing demand on electric utilities—and the power-hungry data centers these technologies rely on continue to ...