electricity

Connecticut is trying microgrids that keep going when the main utility fails.

Department of Energy proposes billions in investment in power grid infrastructure.

Hundreds of tons of shredded money are burned each year to generate electricity.

The expansion of solar power to replace nuclear has hit a wall: The capacity of Japan's grid.

There's not much evidence that Daylight Savings Time actually cuts down on electricity use.

UPDATED: A short look at the history of how utilities became utilities.

A study says some leaders give preferential treatment to their home regions.

Elizabeth Pisani talks about the modern changes in Indonesia's economy.

The aging grid's main protection against attack is that it's too sprawling and complicated to all go down at once.

Widely reported: your smartphone uses the same amount of electricity as two refrigerators. Why some ideas stick around, true or not.