Forecasts show that electricity consumption is expected to be higher this summer than in each of the previous five.

Every summer, millions of Americans flip on their air conditioning and expect the lights to stay on. Most of the time, they ...

On the Monday, March 23, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Aging infrastructure, rising demand and extreme weather are testing the U.S. power grid in new ways. How can we ensure its reliability?

A deadly and historic winter storm that has impacted a 2,300-mile swath of the country with snow, ice and power outages has prompted moves to ramp up power production from coal, while putting it and ...