Electricity failure in the United States is no longer an abstract possibility. New outage mapping tools are transforming grid vulnerability into something spatial, measurable, and deeply regional.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the Monday, March 23, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Aging infrastructure, rising demand and extreme weather are testing ...

A winter wallop that delivered a blast of Arctic air to two-thirds of the United States last weekend brought with it power failures, partially due to snow, ice and falling trees or branches damaging ...

The U.S. Department of Energy has produced what may be the most ambitious federal blueprint for overhauling the nation’s electricity transmission system in decades. Two major studies, released through ...

A deadly and historic winter storm that has impacted a 2,300-mile swath of the country with snow, ice and power outages has prompted moves to ramp up power production from coal, while putting it and ...

On the Monday, March 23, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Aging infrastructure, rising demand and extreme weather are testing the U.S. power grid in new ways. How can we ensure its reliability?