Power companies and Big Tech are looking for artificial intelligence solutions to managing complex grid issues. Some 40 energy companies and the largest U.S. data center developers have formed a ...

Public works crews remove a large tree from power lines after Hurricane Sandy passed through the area in Needham, Mass. The post-Sandy power outages exposed weaknesses in the nation's aging electric ...

WASHINGTON, May 3, 2016 - When you switch on your coffee maker in the morning, you connect not only with instant power but with the world’s largest machine, the nation’s electric grid. To keep this ...

As utilities progress toward ambitious sustainability targets, many find themselves caught between competing priorities. Advancements in grid modernization have helped open doors for the accommodation ...

GridEye, a complex grid-monitoring technology developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tenn., wants to do the unthinkable: keep the lights on in ...

The United States generates and consumes a lot of energy each year. In 2023, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates the US produced nearly 103 quadrillion Btu (British thermal units) ...

We reached him on this blackout anniversary to learn about how the nation's energy system is structured. Weissman says the grid is really made up of several complex networks. STEVEN WEISSMAN: The ...