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Discover how natural gas issues led to a majority of Winter Uri outages, according to federal regulators. Find out the impact on electricity grids and recommendations for preventing future failures.

With seven people killed and close to a million losing power, the recent storms hit Texas hard, showcasing the vulnerabilities of its isolated grid.

Utility industry news and analysis for energy professionals.

With limied options in Georgia, Hyundai has tapped Texas for 'virtual' solar power credits for its Svannah-area EV manufacturing facility.

What would you do if the power grid where you live went down and there was no electricity for an extended period of time?  You might want to think about that because experts are warning that it is just a matter of time before cyberattacks successfully cripple our power grids. 

We have never seen this sort of warfare before. So most people greatly underestimate the threat. But someday the power in your area could suddenly go out.

Utility industry news and analysis for energy professionals.

Texas has emerged from two winter storms in the three years since Uri with no major issues, but recommended reliability plans are still not fully implemented.

It is no secret that the expanding suite of AI technologies are becoming powerful drivers of additional demand for electricity. They are, simply put, enormous energy hogs. This technological revolution seems destined to soon overwhelm and dominate almost every aspect of modern society, but there’s a catch: It is taking place simultaneously with coordinated efforts by national and international governments to prematurely do away with some of the cheapest and most abundant forms of 24/7 pow...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority announced Monday that Tim Fritch, a Transmission & Power Supply engineer with 19 years of service, has received the agency’s highest engineering honor