Grid operators deployed emergency measures to keep lights on as extreme weather drives heating demand and strains natural gas delivery systems nationwide.

The electric grid powering much of the U.S. through a harsh stretch of winter has largely held up, but there is an increasing risk of supply shortfalls, an industry watchdog said on Thursday. The risk has grown in recent years as demand increases from data centers trying to keep up with the artificial intelligence boom and

The German conglomerate joins GE Vernova and Mitsubishi in an effort to keep up with demand for gas turbines and power grid equipment.

U.S. power grids face rising risks of winter energy shortages as data center growth outpaces capacity, warns a watchdog report, jeopardizing millions nationwide.

Data centers that have lined up new electricity capacity for their facilities would get priority in connecting to the largest US power grid under a proposal by PJM Interconnection LLC.

By Tim McLaughlin and Laila Kearney Jan 30 (Reuters) - Power demand on the largest U.S. electric grid is expected to peak just shy of the all-time winter record on Friday, as the PJM Interconnection region covering one in five Americans endures an unusually harsh and prolonged cold spell.

Cold, snow, sleet and ice have triggered emergency declarations, transit warnings, grounded flights and shook up energy markets.

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Grid operator PJM Interconnection said on Wednesday that it has begun discussion on creating a backstop auction, marking a step toward a procurement process designed to address rapidly growing power demand across its 13‑state footprint.

The deep freeze trailing Winter Storm Fern has turned the United States power grid into a stress test in real time, and Energy Secretary Chris Wright is treating it as a national warning shot. As temperatures plunge and demand spikes,