(Refiles to fix headline to 'forecast record' demand) By Tim McLaughlin and Laila Kearney BOSTON/NEW YORK, Jan 28 (Reuters) - ...

Power demand on the largest U. electric grid on Friday is expected to peak at about 141 gigawatts, ​just shy of the all-time winter record on the PJM Interconnection, ‌according to the operator's ...

By Tim McLaughlin BOSTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) - U.S. electric grid operators on Saturday stepped up precautions to avoid ...

Fossil-fuel plants can see reliability challenges during winter: When temperatures drop, pressures in natural-gas lines fall too, which can lead to issues for fuel supply. Freezing temperatures can ...

The colossal winter storm that swept across 34 states left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. Bitterly cold ...

Grid operators deployed emergency measures to keep lights on as extreme weather drives heating demand and strains natural gas ...

The United States needs more energy to get through the cold snaps of the future. The question is where it will come from.

Data centers that have lined up new electricity capacity for their facilities would get priority in connecting to the largest ...

Solar supplied 61% of US electricity demand growth in 2025, as rising power needs were met largely by record solar and ...

Tech giants are in a heated race to build data centers and dominate the AI landscape. But America might not be ready for the energy demand.

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The winter storm exposed the grid’s real weakness: lots of old poles on Jan 28, 2026.

“The build-out remains very strong, with super robust numbers going from record to record,” said Michal Meidan, the head of China energy research at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. “The ...