Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Allan Marks is a lawyer who covers energy, infrastructure and climate. NERC’s 2025–2026 Winter Reliability Assessment examines ...

The U.S. power grid faces urgent modernization needs driven by surging AI-era demand. Utilities are adopting smart grid tech, ...

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Grid stress is increasing due to rising data center demand, aging infrastructure, and expanding electrification in ...

It hasn’t been that long since humans figured out how to create power grids that integrated multiple generators and consumers. Ever since AC won the battle of the currents, grid operators have had to ...

Safe, reliable, affordable — the mission of electric utilities has remained remarkably consistent and focused for a century. However, rapid changes within the industry and how consumers use energy are ...

How aging thermal power plants can stay reliable amid rising AI-driven electricity demand through targeted maintenance and ...

The optimal policy in an electricity market eliminates market-distorting subsidies and keeps regulations to a minimum, allowing energy firms to weigh a full spectrum of market factors to decide which ...

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The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, is changing the way it evaluates its transmission capacity to connect data centers, cryptocurrency miners and other "large loads" to the grid.