Texans set an unofficial record in electricity use Tuesday as soaring temperatures spurred homeowners, schools and businesses to crank up air conditioners. Power demand on the state grid rose to 85,559 megawatts at 6 p.m. local time, topping the August …
Texas is facing its biggest test of the summer this week to keep the power on — and air conditioners running — as temperatures hit triple digits and push electricity consumption to all-time highs. Power use on the state grid …
Thousands of people in the Houston area were still without power more than a week after Hurricane Beryl tore through the fourth-largest US city. Two factors are now emerging as important explanations for why the powerful but predictable storm caused …
Days after Hurricane Beryl crashed through the city, Houston is still grappling with the aftershocks. Large swaths of America’s fourth-largest city are still without power, shutting stores and snarling traffic at non-functioning lights. Gas stations are either closed or swamped …
Windows are still falling from skyscrapers in downtown Houston after a historic wind storm whipped through the city last week. And days after the disaster, more than 140,000 customers in the area remain without power. Most of those homes and …
The risk of power failures this summer remains elevated for many parts of North America amid soaring demand and generator shutdowns. The main Texas grid is especially vulnerable at sunset when solar generation plunges and demand remains high, with the …
Texas grid officials received repeated warnings last summer that their efforts to shore up the state’s increasingly strained electric grid risked driving up power prices, records show. Concerns first arose just days after the state launched a new policy meant …
The US energy industry must shore up protection against cyberattacks from China, a more pressing concern than attacks from Russia amid its war on Ukraine, according to a senior government cybersecurity official. “The big threat we all need to be …
Attacks on US power grids rose to an all-time high last year, further straining the sprawling and aging network. The number of direct physical attacks, including acts of vandalism and other suspicious activity, that potentially threatened grid reliability rose 77% …
The finger-pointing began immediately: It was the frozen wind turbines that foolishly replaced traditional sources. No, fossil fuels were at fault. No, Texas’s deregulated power market, unique in the country, had allowed companies to skimp on maintenance and upgrades. As …
