The high transmission line that bisects Torrie Martin’s ranch hums subtly. Occasionally the frequency changes to a droning buzz that ends in a pop. “ You can actually hear the power plant right now,” ...

Where most energy storage companies look for big tracts of land near large connections to the grid, Base Power is betting that it can beat them all by putting batteries in people’s backyards instead.

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As triple-digit temperatures engulf much of the United States, the Trump administration wants grid managers to require the use of backup power that often goes unused. By Ivan Penn and Hilary Howard As ...

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A new deal between Google and Voltus will take advantage of flexibility on the grid. Would you take a payment to ramp down your electricity use? Would it change anything if you were doing so to help ...

A Coweta County homeowner said Georgia Power is attempting to take her family's property through eminent domain to support a major data center project in neighboring Fayette County. Ansley Brown said ...