Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, several state legislatures deregulated their electricity systems. Deregulation was originally sold as a way to replace inefficient regulation and reduce ...

Researchers at Stony Brook University may have captured lightning in a bottle — or at least explained one of the theories of how it is created. Working with researchers in Spain and China, Stony Brook ...

America’s aging power grid has faced strain for years, exacerbated by severe weather events, an explosion of data centers and the demand created by artificial intelligence. Now, electricity is ...

Load shifting and improving energy efficiency could reduce the need for new power plants, but utilities often profit more from building than saving power. This story was originally published by Grist.

Electricity feels simple until someone tries to explain what is really happening inside a wire. Most people picture it the wrong way, and that misconception leads to endless confusion about power, ...

The global energy landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. What was once a predictable, one-way flow of electricity, from centralized power plants to passive consumers, has evolved into a ...

Most people assume different power plants generate electricity in completely different ways, but in reality many of them rely on the same underlying principle of electromagnetism, whether the turbine ...