syracuse.com

After a winter of high bills, National Grid’s rates are going up again in April

Syracuse, N.Y. – Just as Upstate New York residents are trying to catch their breath from the enormous utility bills they got this winter, a new round of rate increases will hike their bills in April.
Wall Street Journal

The Electric Grid Needs Huge Upgrades. No One Knows Who Will Pay for Them.

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 ...
Seeking Alpha

Data centers’ sudden grid exits raise new reliability risks: WSJ

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 ...
The Conversation

AI’s growing appetite for power is putting Pennsylvania’s aging electricity grid to the test

Shixiang (Woody) Zhu does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...
The Washington Post

Silicon Valley is building a shadow power grid for data centers across the U.S.

The GW Ranch project approved on 8,000 windswept acres of West Texas will look like many of the other data centers that have sprung up across the country to support Silicon Valley’s ambitions for ...
Business Wire

CTC Global Launches GridVista System and Strategic Partnership with Google Cloud and Tapestry to Transform Grid Intelligence

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CTC Global, the world’s leading developer and manufacturer of high-capacity advanced conductors, today announced the launch of the GridVista System. The GridVista ...
WKBW

Scammers target National Grid customers amid smart meter rollout

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 ...
The Texas Tribune

Texas’ power grid weathered another winter storm. Is it ready for the future?

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Grist

The winter storm exposed the grid’s real weakness: Lots of old poles

In 1843, Congress gave Samuel Morse $30,000 to try to send a telegram from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore. Rather than bury the transmission wires underground, where technical issues would be hard to ...
Reuters

China's power grid investments to surge to record $574 billion in 2026-2030

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 ...
Los Angeles Times

ThinkLabs AI Teams with Southern California Edison to Deploy Scalable Grid Solutions

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. ThinkLabs AI, a company specializing in AI-driven grid solutions, today announced results in collaboration with ...
Los Angeles Times

A scenic L.A. suburb with ocean views went off grid. How are residents surviving?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. About 120 homes in Rancho Palos Verdes’ Portuguese Bend neighborhood have become one of California’s largest ...