Edison Utility Defeats Shareholder Lawsuit Over LA Wildfires March 9, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel The parent company of Southern California Edison won the dismissal of a lawsuit alleging it defrauded shareholders prior to the...
Gas Explosion in San Francisco Bay Area Damaged Homes, 6 Hospitalized December 15, 2025 By Janie Har A gas explosion set off a major fire in a San Francisco Bay Area neighborhood last week after obliterating at...
PG&E Needs California’s Help to Calm Investors Post-Fire, CEO Says February 14, 2025 By Mark Chediak PG&E Corp. wants California to promptly shore up the state’s $21 billion insurance fund for utilities that is at risk...
Utilities’ Extreme Plan to Stop Wildfires: Shut Off the Power October 8, 2024 By Mark Chediak A growing number of utilities are resorting to an extreme measure to prevent their equipment from sparking catastrophic wildfires: turning...
Cyberattacks on US Utilities Surged 70% This Year, Says Research Firm September 12, 2024 U.S. utilities faced a near 70% jump in cyberattacks this year over the same period in 2023, according to data...
Houston Utility Slammed Over Fumbled Response to Beryl Power Outages July 22, 2024 By Mark Chediak, Naureen S. Malik and Tope Alake Thousands of people in the Houston area were still without power more than a week after Hurricane Beryl tore through...
CenterPoint Sued Over Hurricane Beryl Power Outages in Houston July 16, 2024 By Madlin Mekelburg A group of Houston restaurants that lost power for days after Hurricane Beryl sued the city’s main utility, accusing CenterPoint...
Half a Million Will Be Under Houston Outages a Week After Beryl July 12, 2024 By Kevin Crowley and Naureen S. Malik Days after Hurricane Beryl crashed through the city, Houston is still grappling with the aftershocks. Large swaths of America’s fourth-largest...
Tennessee Power Outages Amplify Calls for TVA to Rethink Fossil Fuels January 2, 2023 A federal utility’s decision to resort to rolling blackouts after coal and natural gas units went offline during dangerously cold...
Ukraine Blames Russian Hackers for Attacks on Power Grid, Financial System February 16, 2017 By Natalia Zinets Ukraine on Wednesday accused Russian hackers of targeting its power grid, financial system and other infrastructure with a new type...