Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Energy Department order is supposed to help ERCOT avoid the need for rotating outages amid the ongoing Texas winter storm.

WINTERSET, Iowa — The city of Winterset is asking residents to reduce electric use during the recent cold spell as the regional power grid is struggling to keep up. In a Facebook post, the city said ...

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The Trump administration wants the largest electricity grid to add $15 billion worth of new power generation — and he wants tech companies to pay for it, even if they don’t need the capacity. The ...

Schools nationwide are cracking down on students’ cellphone use. At the same time, support for cellphone bans is rising among U.S. adults. But what do teenagers think? Teens largely oppose banning ...

Tech companies are building data centers as quickly as possible to run AI. These facilities are controviersial because they use copious amounts of electricity and might tax an electrical grid that in ...

Don Chahbazpour, National Grid’s Director of Policy and Regulatory Strategy Don Chahbazpour of National Grid explains how biogas and renewable natural gas cut methane, decarbonise gas networks and ...

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