Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the energy industry. This article is more than 6 years old. With each passing day, the electric power grid continues the ...

FOLSOM, Calif. – In a suburb of Sacramento, on the edge of a row of beige houses, a giant transmission tower shoots up into the blue summer sky. Jon Marmillo is looking up at a box sitting about 20 ...

The Electric Power Research Institute announced in late July that together with 8 automakers and 15 utilities, it will create an open grid integration platform for plug-in electric vehicles. It seems ...

Electric vehicles are evolving into more than just modes of transportation—they could soon become key to creating grid resiliency. Illustrated by ObserverLabs The energy transition embodies several ...

At the Alamo 3 solar farm, more than 21,000 solar panels generate 5.5 MW of renewable power for CPS Energy customers. Yogi Berra once quipped, “If you don’t know where you’re going, you might wind up ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. But you’re not likely to see many people pointing fingers at the obscure yet ...

An MIT Research Team Says Yes. As the solar eclipse swept across New England in April, an enthralled public was mostly unaware of another phenomenon playing out — that of the region’s electric grid ...

Responsible for powering the country and its economy, the U.S. energy grid has come under increasing strain due to climate change, and the threat of cyberattacks looms. The U.S. electric grid brings ...