The West’s power grid could be stitched together — if red and blue states buy in

Proponents say a regional power grid has the potential to lower energy costs, increase resiliency and speed up the deployment ...
Grist

As data centers upend electric grids, the largest operator in the US is facing down a revolt from state officials

On a quiet road in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, not far from the field where George Washington’s starving soldiers waited out ...
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How Hurricane Sandy Forced NYC to Reinvent Its Power Grid

Hurricane Sandy left New York in the dark—literally. Since then, engineers have transformed the grid with flood defenses, microgrids, and smarter energy systems built to survive the next disaster ...
Colorado Public Radio

Does the AI boom threaten local air quality? A north Denver neighborhood is about to find out

A new data center campus is currently under construction in Elyria-Swansea — a neighborhood already struggling with pollution ...
PCMag

They Thought They'd Live Here Forever. Then AI Upended the Power Grid

As 240-foot-high power lines are set to rise across Sugarloaf, Pennsylvania, longtime residents are fighting eminent domain ...
IEEE

Frequency-Averaged Grid Impedance Metric for Identifying Weakest Buses in Power Electronics-Dominated Systems

Abstract: The increasing penetration of Power-Electronic Interfaced Resources (PEIR) in power systems poses challenges to stability and requires a reevaluation of conventional methods for assessing ...