This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The winter storm exposed the grid’s real weakness: lots of old poles on Jan 28, 2026.

Virginia lawmakers are considering a bill that would require electric companies and utilities to publicly explain how they ...

Five years after a historic winter storm crippled Texas’ power grid, even a few inches of snow can spark anxiety across the state. But as icy roads returned to Waco this week, Baylor students and ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — With the explosive growth of Big Tech's data centers threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are taking a hard look at a tough-love solution: bumping the ...

One of the nicest comments people have made about the electrical grid was … nothing. The grid works best when it fades into the background. That low-profile status has changed in recent years as fires ...

Sensors are an indispensable tool to inform utility managers of the state of the electricity grid and the occurrence of ...

The Texas power grid system, which failed during a previous winter storm, could be put to the test this weekend as the region ...

DisCos have attributed the latest collapse of Nigeria’s national power grid to low power generation, following a third incident recorded in less than one month.

Power grids and electrical transformers keep the lights on and our worlds running, but is US energy infrastructure ...