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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Thousands of customers are still without power throughout Middle Tennessee. While some homes have lights ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — The Public Service Commission of West Virginia is directing the biggest electric utilities companies in the state to explain how they interact with the largest electric ...

In a nation with two major power grids—the Eastern and Western Interconnections—Texas stands defiantly alone. The Texas power ...

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” This old expression is usually invoked when talking about health, but it’s just as applicable to the electric grid. Utilities, communities and ...

A winter wallop that delivered a blast of Arctic air to two-thirds of the United States last weekend brought with it power failures, partially due to snow, ice and falling trees or branches damaging ...

For decades, the physical backbone of the American economy has been taken for granted. While policymakers debate tax rates and international trade, a far more physical crisis is quietly accelerating.

Oregon and Washington are falling so far behind on upgrades to the electrical grid that the states could start seeing rolling blackouts during extreme weather as soon as next year, according to a ...

The Trump administration’s widespread cancellation and freezing of clean energy funding is also hitting essential work to improve the nation’s power grid. That includes investments in grid ...

People cross a street as trucks plow snow in the Manhattan borough of New York City on January 25, 2026. A major winter storm called Fern hit the U.S. from January 23 to January 27, 2026. Fern caused ...