More than 90% of US outages start on the distribution grid. Sense says smart meters can now detect faults in real time.

In the remote and rain-lashed Scottish highlands, UK utility SSE has a job trying to maintain the tens of thousands of wooden poles that carry electricity across its far-flung network.

Thousands of people are still without power after ice and snow gripped much of the country, rattling power grids and energy markets.

AES spokesperson Mary Ann Kabel said the utility company was alerted to the issue at 7:27 a.m. Crews discovered a burnt section on an insulated main power cable running underground beneath U.S. Route ...

After Storm Fern cut power to millions, GoodPower CEO Leah Qusba explains what really failed on the grid, and why wind and solar weren’t to blame.

A group that monitors the U.S. electricity system warns that grid reliability is “worsening” and blackout risks are rising ...

The North American electric grid faces intensifying reliability risks over the next decade as demand growth driven by data ...

Fossil-fuel plants can see reliability challenges during winter: When temperatures drop, pressures in natural-gas lines fall too, which can lead to issues for fuel supply. Freezing temperatures can ...

Trees have to meet stringent standards to become a utility pole, remaining free of knots, scars, swelling, or contact with ...

For Texans, every winter now feels like a test. By Monday morning, this test had largely been met. The Texas grid held up ...

Sri Lanka is rebuilding its crisis-hit power sector by pairing ambitious renewable energy reforms with practical innovations, ...

Data centers are demanding more electricity than ever before to train the latest artificial intelligence models. Texas policymakers have responded mostly by racing to expand the state’s power grid to ...