Dr. Webber is a professor of public affairs and engineering at the University of Texas and the chief technology officer of Energy Impact Partners, a venture fund that has investments in technologies ...

Extreme heat is increasing electricity demand as people crank up the AC. The strain could be too much. By Manuela Andreoni It’s really hot in Texas right now. Many parts of the state are hotter than ...

On the Monday, March 23, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Aging infrastructure, rising demand and extreme weather are testing the U.S. power grid in new ways. How can we ensure its reliability?

Blackouts are growing more frequent in the United States. Of the $12.86 billion in grid-modernization investment under consideration, regulators only approved $478.7 million during the quarter, ...

The Biden Administration announced it is putting $3.46 billion into improving the strength and resiliency of the United States' electric grid. The federal funding will be joined with $4.7 billion in ...

The biggest network upgrade in the United States today is Smart Grid, a multibillion dollar modernization of the electricity grid that involves supporting real-time, two-way digital communications ...

Switch to solar with a system built for you. Interest in renewable energy continues to rise as more solar panel arrays are mounted on roofs and the ground nationwide. Not all of these solar panel ...

Switch to solar with a system built for you. Exciting advancements in solar energy are encouraging more and more folks to jump on the sustainability bandwagon and look into solar panels. Before you do ...