power grid

Maine, California and Louisia each experienced at least a 50% increase in outage duration even as residents endured mounting interruption costs over the past several years.

NBC DFW senior investigative reporter Scott Friedman says the Texas power grid is in better shape after a major failure last year that left millions of Texans freezing. This year, utilities have more reserve power and the grid should be able to handle the more mild storm.

Many Texans are still reeling from the effects of the coldest winter on record in 30 years, but winter is coming. And energy experts say the state’s power grid is still vulnerable for another failure, despite new regulations. Those experts say the work done on the Texas grid this year was the “bare minimum,” said Mitchell Ferman, energy and economy...

The warnings about catastrophic blackouts have been coming for years. And the recent electricity outage in Texas after an extreme winter storm is just the latest sign that our country’s power grid is vulnerable. Experts say that one solution may be to combine our country’s three main regional power grids into one nationwide super grid. So, what’s stopping...