The United States power grid is being pushed harder than at any point in decades, and the strain is no longer theoretical.

For decades, U.S. electricity demand was steady, allowing utilities to plan gradual growth and maintain the grid with modest upgrades. That era is over. The convergence of electric vehicles (EVs), ...

Picture this scenario: At 2:37 a.m. during a storm, lightning strikes a distribution feeder line in rural Wisconsin. A massive power surge races through the distribution network. Instead of triggering ...

National Grid has partnered with LineVision, a provider of non-contact overhead power line monitoring systems, for the deployment of dynamic line rating (DLR) sensors on circuits between one of the ...

It hasn’t been that long since humans figured out how to create power grids that integrated multiple generators and consumers. Ever since AC won the battle of the currents, grid operators have had to ...

Artificial intelligence has captured headlines recently for its rapidly growing energy demands, and particularly the surging ...

This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The tricky thing about generating electricity is that for the most part, you pretty much have to use it or lose it.