Electricity is essential to everyday life. It keeps us warm, fed and informed. But the components that make up the grid – and the terminology that describes it – can feel complex and at times, hard to ...

When energy researchers talk about the future of the grid, they often focus on individual pieces: solar panels, batteries, nuclear plants, or new transmission lines. But in a recent study, urban ...

And with a massive winter storm about to blanket much of the country, Texas' "grid" is at the top of mind again. Google ...

The electric grid can handle a certain amount of damage, but climate change is increasing extreme weather events in the state ...

Depending on whom you’re asking, renewable energy and electric vehicles will either destroy the grid or save it. The sun doesn’t always shine and the wind doesn’t always blow, true enough, while a gas ...