March 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy will invest about $1.9 billion to accelerate upgrades of power grids in the country, it said on Thursday. U.S. power consumption is set to rise ...

The U.S. Department of Energy is launching a $1.9 billion funding effort aimed at rapidly expanding the capacity of the nation's power grid by upgrading existing transmission lines.

They're part of a new group, dubbed Utilize, pushing to 'advance smarter, faster, and more affordable use of existing grid ...

A new coalition of tech companies and energy distributors wants to work with regulators and lawmakers to improve electricity grid operations.

The grid is in crisis, facing coinciding pressures including electrification, decarbonization, enormous demand from data centers, and grid technology updates like digitalization and artificial ...

The war in Iran has cast a spotlight again on the dependence on fossil fuels. The electric grid is under growing demand, but the Trump administration has worked to roll back subsidies and incentives ...

An additional 189 megawatts of wind and solar capacity was connected to the electricity grid during the first two months of this year.

Texas runs its own power grid separate from the rest of the U.S. Winter 2021 blackouts were caused by severe weather and a lack of grid winterization. Texas laws now mandate weatherization of energy ...