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 ...

Imagine a restaurant open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week that always maintains a full staff. With the exception of weekend nights and the lunch rush, the restaurant will be empty a lot of the time. But ...

As lawmakers search for ways to bring down utility bills, National Grid is newly proposing rate increases. A spokesman for the utility giant said Thursday, Dec. 18, that it wants an additional $24 per ...

Barbara Kates-Garnick receives funding from I received funding from the Mass Clean Energy Center through Tufts University for a grant on Offshore wind.. I serve on the board of Resources for the ...

Warnings have been issued for portions of the United States’ electric power grid amid a forecasted severe geomagnetic storm. The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) of the National Oceanographic ...

The smart grid narrative has faded into the background, but it is still at the core of the ongoing process of network digitalization and automation. And GRID combines industry, energy, and technology ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now a major force in the U.S. economy. The rapid expansion of data centers in the United States has emphasized the challenges facing the U.S. electricity sector, which ...

U.S. electricity demand is rising rapidly, and all the while the electric system is operating closer to its physical limits, causing more frequent system disturbances. These problems will increase in ...

Utilities are using AI to modernize the aging grid with tools to manage growing energy demands. Predictive maintenance and genAI assistants are predicting grid risk and reducing repair time. This ...

When the lights went out across the Iberian Peninsula in April, everything ground to a halt. Scores of people were trapped in Madrid’s underground metro system. Hospitals in Lisbon had to switch to ...