Skyrocketing growth in demand, accelerating security threats, extreme weather events and increasing systemic vulnerabilities ...

In 2025 — for the first year ever — solar arrays provided more electricity to Texas’ main power grid than coal-fired power ...

Distributed energy resources (DERs) have become a major part of the power generation landscape, particularly in support of a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Allan Marks is a lawyer who covers energy, infrastructure and climate. NERC’s 2025–2026 Winter Reliability Assessment examines ...

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the nonprofit corporation that operates the isolated power grid serving 90% of the state’s electricity needs, is infamous for the February 2021 winter storm ...

The rapid development and widespread use of artificial intelligence (AI) systems is posing new challenges for electricity ...

If there is one reminder from the power outages left in the wake of Hurricane Helene, it’s that our nation’s electric grid has vulnerabilities. Despite the sharp minds and advanced technology designed ...

It hasn’t been that long since humans figured out how to create power grids that integrated multiple generators and consumers. Ever since AC won the battle of the currents, grid operators have had to ...