American electricity consumers, grid operators, and clean-energy investors are watching the same number this year: 86 ...

Thousands of homes could now feed Google’s data centers as a new virtual power plant model challenges traditional electricity ...

It’s set to be an abnormally hot summer this year—but the US grid appears to be in decent shape to handle the heat. The credit goes to a boatload of new solar and storage and a handful of new gas ...

ERCOT, which operates the state's primary power grid, is forecasting that power demand on its system will reach a record 92 ...

Soaring US power bills are threatening to claim their biggest victim yet — the nation’s largest electric grid operator.

Commonwealth Fusion Systems took another step this week in its race to become the first to get the same power fueling the sun ...

The extreme weather knocked out power across the South — and cold temperature will strain the power network for a week. The winter storm that stretched across half the country knocked out electricity ...

PJM Interconnection — which oversees the grid for some of the densest data center developments on Earth — wants to overhaul itself. Not everyone thinks it's up to the task.

A winter wallop that delivered a blast of Arctic air to two-thirds of the United States last weekend brought with it power failures, partially due to snow, ice and falling trees or branches damaging ...

When the electric grid fails anywhere in the U.S., the impacts can be devastating. With demand surging over the next decade, there are growing, urgent questions about whether the system can keep up.