Severe Storms Leave Over 300K Michigan Homes and Businesses Without Power August 30, 2024 ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — Crews for two of Michigan’s largest utilities were working to restore power Wednesday to more...
Blackouts in Extreme Weather Create Demand for Cleaner Backup Power August 23, 2024 By Alexa St. John Software engineer Kenna Ofoegbu in Houston, Texas tries hard to keep his three kids cool during the summer and that...
Arkansas Governor Declares Emergency After Thunderstorms Knock Out Power August 19, 2024 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued an emergency declaration Saturday after severe thunderstorms knocked down...
Houston Utility Slammed Over Fumbled Response to Beryl Power Outages July 22, 2024 By Mark Chediak, Naureen S. Malik and Tope Alake Thousands of people in the Houston area were still without power more than a week after Hurricane Beryl tore through...
Why Texas Mass Power Outages Continue to Happen July 19, 2024 By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune and Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune It’s become a familiar cycle: A powerful storm sweeps through a swath of Texas and takes the electric system down...
Texas Governor Criticizes CenterPoint Energy After Beryl Power Outages July 17, 2024 By Jim Vertuno and Nadia Lathan The majority of Houston outages that followed Hurricane Beryl should be fixed by Wednesday, the city’s main utility company said...
CenterPoint Sued Over Hurricane Beryl Power Outages in Houston July 16, 2024 By Madlin Mekelburg A group of Houston restaurants that lost power for days after Hurricane Beryl sued the city’s main utility, accusing CenterPoint...
Texans Endure Second Week Without Power After Hurricane Beryl July 15, 2024 By Jaden Edison, The Texas Tribune and Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune CHANNELVIEW — Juan Piñón’s long-sleeve black shirt and forest green pants were soaked. He used a shovel to scrape concrete...
The World’s Power Grids Are Failing as the Planet Warms July 15, 2024 By Eamon Farhat Under the blazing Adriatic sun, life almost stopped in Montenegro’s capital Podgorica earlier this summer. Cars and buses were stuck...
Half a Million Will Be Under Houston Outages a Week After Beryl July 12, 2024 By Kevin Crowley and Naureen S. Malik Days after Hurricane Beryl crashed through the city, Houston is still grappling with the aftershocks. Large swaths of America’s fourth-largest...