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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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 ...

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 ...

A deep freeze is gripping the US in the wake of the worst storm so far this season, leaving the country’s biggest electric grid in emergency status and bracing for record wintertime demand. PJM ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Across Central New York, this winter’s National Grid electric and gas bills are up by about $120 on average, thanks to a blizzard of forces hitting residential customers. But two ...

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The Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative in Hawaii, which deployed storage before grid-forming inverters became available, became a test case for diagnosing grid issues that can arise with older ...

The U.S. power grid is indispensable infrastructure for our economy, but warning signs are flashing about its health that should concern every business leader in our country. Skyrocketing growth in ...

One of the nicest comments people have made about the electrical grid was … nothing. The grid works best when it fades into the background. That low-profile status has changed in recent years as fires ...

Australia’s electricity grids are undergoing a profound transformation. Solar and wind have provided 99% of new generating capacity since 2015. Last month, renewables hit parity with fossil fuels for ...