This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The winter storm exposed the grid’s real weakness: lots of old poles on Jan 28, 2026.

Oncor and ERCOT are gearing up for a major winter storm across North Texas.

By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - U.S. electric grid operators on Saturday stepped up precautions to avoid ...

Integrating distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar, wind, batteries, and electric vehicles into the power grid is ...

Virginia lawmakers are considering a bill that would require electric companies and utilities to publicly explain how they ...

The Texas power grid system, which failed during a previous winter storm, could be put to the test this weekend as the region ...

Five years after a historic winter storm crippled Texas’ power grid, even a few inches of snow can spark anxiety across the state. But as icy roads returned to Waco this week, Baylor students and ...

Texas has added batteries and new power plants since 2021, but one thing could still cause blackouts across the grid. Here's ...

Power grids and electrical transformers keep the lights on and our worlds running, but is US energy infrastructure ...

DisCos have attributed the latest collapse of Nigeria’s national power grid to low power generation, following a third incident recorded in less than one month.

Nigeria's electricity grid collapsed again on Tuesday morning, plunging Africa’s most populous nation into darkness for the ...