As a massive winter storm barrels across the U.S., power grid operators are taking extraordinary steps to keep the lights on and avoid rolling blackouts. The storm, stretching more than 2,300 miles, ...

ST. LOUIS Mo. – As a powerful and historic winter storm makes its way across the United States, power outages and problems are spiking due to heavy snow and dangerous ice. Nearly 80,000 power outages ...

Managers of electric grids say freezing temperatures and ice and snow could lead to power outages in many places, potentially leaving millions in the dark. By Ivan Penn and Rebecca F. Elliott As ...

TEXAS, USA — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has issued an advisory for "extreme cold weather" ahead of the expected winter storm in Texas this weekend. While ERCOT officials have ...

Trump administration says it has ‘the answer’ The White House and 13 governors want the mid-Atlantic grid operator to hold a power auction for tech companies to bid on 15-year contracts to build new ...

The Trump administration is leaning on a major power grid operator to bring down prices. That includes calling for a new power auction. It comes as Trump has pushed for tech companies to "pay their ...

The Trump administration and a consortium of governors from northeastern states are asking PJM, the country’s largest electrical grid operator, to hold an emergency power auction as part of an effort ...

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Harald Link, Chairman of B. Grimm Group of Companies, with his daughter Caroline Link at the Amata B.Grimm Power plant (Rayong) in the Amata City Industrial Estate. B.Grimm Power—controlled by Thai ...

Power-hungry data centers risk pushing parts of the U.S. power grid toward failure. Some technology companies are fighting a potential solution: disconnecting the data centers from the grid when ...