Blackouts

3 Solutions to Prevent Rolling Blackouts in California

Yesterday, much of California faced level-3 energy emergency alerts as the lingering heat wave led residents to increase their electric...

What Triggers a Wide Area Blackout?

In our last post What is a Wide Area Blackout?, we defined a wide area blackout as an incident in which part of the electric power...

What is a Wide Area Blackout?

Whether caused by an attack on power grid infrastructure, a design deficiency, or human error, wide area blackouts are a threat to...

Learn from Texas Energy Crisis: Restructure Electric Billing Practices

In recent years some energy providers, including those in Texas, have begun offering market-based billing options. Market-based billing...

Rolling Blackouts are Not the Solution for Grid Deficiencies

Rotating outages (a.k.a. rolling blackouts) were once the last resort during a power crisis. But in recent years, they are becoming more...

Update the Grid to Prevent Future Blackouts in Texas

As of yesterday, February 17, 2021, around 4 million residents in Texas faced winter storm conditions and extremely cold temperatures...