The U.S. power network received attention for tragic reasons in 2021. From February 10 through 20, Texas suffered a severe power crisis due to a confluence of catastrophic winter storms. Failures ...

2025 is already shaping up to be a year of change for many reasons related to the economics and technology of energy. Between the uncertainty arising from a political change in presidential ...

Traditional utility planning typically involves three largely independent planning processes for generation, transmission, and distribution. The emergence and rapid growth of renewable and ...

In a significant push toward modernizing America’s aging grid infrastructure, the Biden administration, in partnership with 21 states, has launched the Federal-State Modern Grid Deployment Initiative.

The nation's electric, gas and water utilities are channeling substantial investments into infrastructure enhancements aimed at modernizing mature generation, transmission and distribution networks, ...

Public takeovers of electric utilities may backfire financially, as generation and transmission face growing competition while distribution assets risk losing value amid market changes. High ...

Kit Batten and Kari Manlove outline obstacles to modernizing the electrical grid for renewable electricity transmission. The next administration will face an extensive list of simultaneous policy ...

Affordability is the key buzzword ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, and no cost-of-living concern has risen to the top of the political agenda like rising electricity prices. The Trump ...