The U.S. electric grid is on the brink of a major change, with rooftops all over the country poised to become adorned with solar panels and the other accoutrements of locally-generated renewable ...

Texas’ electric grid is independent of the two other major power grids in the U.S.: the Eastern Interconnection and the Western Interconnection.

Has Texas Solved Its Grid Problem? Texas passed a law in June 2021 to reform the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and to weatherize and improve the state's power grid.

As renewable energy is added to the grid, high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) interconnections may be needed to get power where it needs to go.

CPS Energy. NRG Energy. CenterPoint Energy. Austin Energy. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas — better known as ERCOT. Such names affiliated with the statewide electric grid are well ...

Base Electric offers a home backup power solution that also acts as your energy provider, aiming for lower electricity rates.

Itron's Nick Tumilowicz asserts a need for an integrated approach to grid management that processes and acts on real-time data at the edge.

How do they connect a new power station to the grid, and bring it into synchronization with the line? There followed a casual web search, which in turn led to the video below the break of a bench ...

Some electric cars, trucks and buses can now store energy not only for driving, but also for powering our buildings and the grid, thanks to a technology known as bidirectional charging. That could ...

Recent incidents have exposed vulnerabilities in the U.S. electric power system, which is made up of millions of components distributed across the continent. The National Academies have many resources ...