To keep the lights on, the U.S. needs to build enough regional power lines to move the equivalent of three dozen nuclear reactors’ worth of power. A yearlong study ordered by Congress calls for a ...

What happens when you build the largest machine in the world, but it’s still not big enough? That’s the situation the North American transmission system, the grid that connects power plants to ...

Grid-interactive buildings can act as dynamic energy resources, utilizing appliances, HVAC, EVs, and renewable sources to ...

Researchers at the University at Albany are building a computer model that will predict weather-related electrical outages ...

The energy sector is undergoing a monumental shift as the power grid struggles to accommodate growing demand and the complexity of modern energy systems. A major driver of this change is the ...

The two grid operators providing power to the Midwestern U.S. are proposing to build $1.7 billion worth of new transmission lines to bridge the “seam” between their networks. The move could unlock ...

Modernizing the electric grid involves more than upgrading control systems with sophisticated software—it requires embedding sensors and automated controls across the entire system. It’s not only the ...

Public-sector leaders must strike a balance among insight, cost and power consumption. Here’s what that looks like in practice. Cities are racing to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) without the ...

Steps engineers can take to help mitigate power outage impacts. Paths to PLC redundancy. Paths to PAC redundancy. How can a dual Ethernet ring help with resilience? Power outages are becoming more ...