Monopolies are not subject to competition and can take advantage of their captive customers. Xcel Energy's profits should be ...

Charles Proteus Steinmetz was a towering figure in the early decades of electrical engineering, easily the intellectual equal of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla—men he considered his friends. One of ...

As power grids add more renewable energy and large-scale battery storage, utilities face a growing challenge: how to ...

Rising electricity demand from EVs and AI is stressing a grid built of centralized, rotating generators. Renewables can provide fill the rising demand, but are they “grid friendly”? A modern grid must ...

The current power infrastructure is in need of an update for better efficiency, reliability, and safety. Standards organizations and engineers have risen to the challenge, promising to solve many ...

Various power-generating system methods 2 can be applied to space-based electrical power subsystems (EPS) to power spacecraft (Fig. 1). CubeSat designers need to contend with thermal design, payloads, ...

AI infrastructure is scaling fast, and its need for energy has moved firmly into the spotlight. News cycles are increasingly dominated by debates about AI’s impact on power systems, consumer energy ...

Kansas City manufacturers are discovering that power availability can derail even the best-planned facility expansions, but there are specific strategies that can keep projects on track and on budget.