The recent energy grid blackouts across Spain, Portugal and parts of France were one of world’s biggest ever power system collapses. Effective modelling of the energy grid would have helped avoid this ...

PJM was unable to help its hardest-hit regions in January because of limited transmission capacity. Meanwhile hourly Illinois customers saw their bills cut.

The North American power grid's interconnectedness creates a broad attack surface vulnerable to cyber threats like ransomware and disruption. FERC's new CIP-015-1 standard emphasizes securing ...

Grid reliability, operational efficiency and regulatory compliance are at the top of every electric utility’s priority list. Aligning every planning and operations silo across the organization to ...

Electrical energy transmission is undergoing a transformative period as traditional networks evolve to meet the demands of a low-carbon future. The integration of variable renewable energy sources, ...

The boss of National Grid has said recent outages at Heathrow airport and the London Tube are not evidence of reliability issues in the UK’s power network. John Pettigrew told the PA news agency the ...

A winter wallop that delivered a blast of Arctic air to two-thirds of the United States last weekend brought with it power failures, partially due to snow, ice and falling trees or branches damaging ...