blackouts

The San Francisco Bay Area’s energy grid may not be able to handle a transition to electric appliances, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation, as the region’s regulator begins to phase out…

Solar flares – like this one captured by a NASA satellite orbiting the Sun – eject huge amounts of radiation. Credit: NASA Solar flares are large eruptions of electromagnetic radiation from the Sun lasting from minutes to hours. The…

On Valentine’s Day, the major utility that supplies electricity to West Texas readied for a severe winter storm. Hired contractors prepared to fix power lines, managers started up the storm emergency center, and operators…

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas' power grid manager was fired Wednesday amid growing calls for his ouster following February's deadly blackouts that left millions of people without electricity and heat for days in subfreezing temperatures.Bill…

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Energy has issued a warning to city residents ahead of forecasted thunderstorms on Sunday evening. It comes just two weeks after large parts of the city were plunged into darkness amid a historic winter…

Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images  Photographer: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images  Vistra Corp., one of the…

Millions of Texans remained without power on Wednesday morning although temperatures climbed above freezing across half of the state, a possible sign the state’s power grid could make significant progress restoring service.…

Power regulators are calling on Texans to turn down their thermostats and avoid using large appliances as they prepare the electrical grid for historic strain.The Electric Reliability Council of Texas said in a news release Sunday people…

(Bloomberg) -- The arctic freeze gripping the central U.S. is raising the specter of power outages in Texas and ratcheting up pressure on energy prices already trading at unprecedented levels.In Texas, where temperatures in Dallas are…

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