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?

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The U.S. power industry is embarking on an AI-driven expansion of the electric grid, a build-out that promises to be one of the most expensive since World War II. Some of the costs are set to be ...

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. U.S. grid owners are investing in cost-efficient grid enhancements and virtual power plant schemes to help meet soaring demand but ...

A wave of Virginia data centers abruptly disconnecting from the power grid last year exposed a growing threat to U.S. electricity reliability: massive customers vanishing all at once, The Wall Street ...

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Last month’s sprawling winter storm from Texas to New England was one of the first multigrid tests in the U.S. for big batteries. They passed. Texas, in particular, benefited from energy storage, ...

Texas has so many massive AI-related data centers in development that its grid operator is now considering reevaluating some projects that were previously approved. The Electric Reliability Council of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Scammers are targeting National Grid customers as the utility company continues to roll out its new smart meters. I came across this post online by a National Grid customer ...

Fossil fuels have struggled in the cold weather. The eastern half of the US saw a monster snowstorm over the weekend. The good news is the grid has largely been able to keep up with the freezing ...

HOUSTON — Anytime the Texas power grid is the subject of a conservation advisory, or when the weather turns extreme in the Lone Star State, it's a good time to check on supply and demand. The Electric ...

BEIJING, Jan 15 (Reuters) - China's State Grid will spend 4 trillion yuan ($574 billion) to upgrade the country's power grid between 2026 and 2030, state-run Xinhua news agency said on Thursday. That ...