The United States is quietly approaching a major inflection point in its infrastructure story: much of its electric transmission grid is entering old age. Power lines crisscrossing the country rarely ...

America’s aging electric grid is struggling to meet modern demands—especially amid the AI boom. Overhauling it will be no ...

The US Federal-State Modern Grid Deployment Initiative has now secured commitments from 21 US states. The program aims to bring together states, federal entities, and power sector stakeholders to help ...

On a summer afternoon when air conditioners are running full blast across the mid-Atlantic, the electrical grid serving 65 ...

The projects form part of the US$2.5 billion Transmission Facilitation Program, aimed at developing the US power grid. Image: Shutterstock The US Department of Energy has invested US$1.5 billion into ...

Power plants on the largest U.S. electric grid received a record payout of nearly $1 billion to cover their losses in the ...

It can take a decade to build transmission lines, and construction fell to an all-time low in 2022. The delays make the US's aging power grid more vulnerable to extreme weather and blackouts. New ...

Projects will add nearly 13 GW of energy capacity to support more manufacturing, data centers and renewable power; catalyze nearly $10B in public-private investments and create thousands of jobs.

Jan 14 (Reuters) - Connecting to the U.S. electrical transmission system has become the biggest problem for powering up Google data centers on the grid, as the wait times to connect surge to more than ...

To keep the lights on, the U.S. needs to build enough regional power lines to move the equivalent of three dozen nuclear reactors’ worth of power. A yearlong study ordered by Congress calls for a ...

The DOE’s investment in the US grid will go to eight projects across 18 states and add 13GW of grid capacity. Image: Andrey Metelev via Unsplash. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has invested US$2.2 ...

The Midcontinent Independent System Operator gave the go-ahead to almost 2,000 miles of high-voltage power lines. The electric power industry has for decades defined its mission in three words: Safe, ...