A persistent heat wave that scorched most of California earlier this month essentially amounted to a real-time stress test that the state’s electric grid managed to withstand. But the head …
PG&E may shut off the power for some East Bay residents as a precaution to prevent wildfires during a potential high-wind event forecast for Saturday, the utility said Friday. The …
SpaceX successfully launched an additional 20 Starlink satellites on July 11, including 13 equipped with direct-to-cell capabilities, according to a report from Space.com. The topic has made it to Google …
By Juan Lozano and Jim Vertuno | Associated Press HOUSTON — Pressure mounted Wednesday on Houston’s power utility as millions of residents still had no power nearly three days after …
By David R. Baker | Bloomberg California expects to avoid rolling blackouts this summer as new solar plants and large batteries plug into the state’s grid at a rapid clip. …
A bit of calm was in the air around the Bay Area as Friday dawned — appropriate, perhaps, given that the first of two weekend storms continued to migrate toward …
PORTLAND, Ore. — Nearly 100,000 people in the Portland metro area have been left without power during Saturday morning’s high winds and brutal cold. Portland General Electric was reporting 2,273 …
By Josh Saul and Tope Alake | Bloomberg California’s risk of blackouts has fallen as more renewable energy and batteries are added to its power grid, reducing the need to …
SEATTLE (AP) — Winter weather brought high winds and snow to parts of the Pacific Northwest, knocking out power in some areas and dumping fresh snow across the Cascade Range. …
90 minutes after the outage, backup control systems moved in NASA on Tuesday briefly lost contact with the International Space Station due to a power outage at the agency’s mission …