Just weeks before Hurricane Ida knocked out power to much of Louisiana, leaving its residents exposed to extreme heat and humidity, the chief executive of Entergy, the state’s biggest utility […]
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Back to news homeClimate Change Calls for Backup Power, and One Company Cashes In
Living on the South Carolina coast means living under the threat of dangerous weather during storm season. But the added peril of the pandemic made Ann Freeman nervous.“What do I […]
Hurricane Ida Exposes Grid Weaknesses as New Orleans Goes Dark
Most of New Orleans went dark on Sunday after Hurricane Ida took out transmission lines and forced power plants offline. It was an all too familiar scene in a city […]
Floods in China Leave Many Searching for Loved Ones Amid Outages
Many homes in Mihe, which is in a flat-bottomed valley with steep slopes of red soil, had been destroyed or badly damaged. Ms. Chen, who survived with her husband and […]
Texas Storms, California Heat Waves and ‘Vulnerable’ Utilities
In California, wildfires and heat waves in recent years forced utilities to shut off power to millions of homes and businesses. Now, Texas is learning that deadly winter storms and […]
Winter Storm Disrupts Automakers, Retailers and Delivery Services
UPS said weather could cause delays in areas not directly hit by the storms. Packages may take longer to get from one place to another, and many delivery services move […]