Texas is facing its biggest test of the summer this week to keep the power on — and air conditioners running — as temperatures hit triple digits and push electricity consumption to all-time highs. Power use on the state grid …
A Southern California man has been electrocuted by a power line that fell on him outside his home. The Los Angeles Times says 24-old Joel Ramirez died Saturday night. The San Gabriel Valley Union-Tribune says the man was inside his …
Snow from the first storm to hit the Front Range knocked out power and heat to thousands of homes and businesses Wednesday and also brought some more snow to Colorado’s mountains. The state’s largest utility, Xcel Energy, said about 140,000 …
A think tank estimates that a widespread power outage cost the San Diego-area economy more than $100 million. The National University System Institute for Policy Research said Friday businesses lost about $70 million, largely because they had to close. Some …
Power companies in Southern California restored electricity to most customers by early Friday after a massive blackout on Thursday left nearly 5 million people in parts of California, Arizona and Mexico in the dark. Although the Sept. 8 outage, apparently …
The theft of $425 worth of copper managed to inconvenience hundreds of electric customers in northeast Kansas. Officials with Kaw Valley Electric Cooperative say a citizen reported a gate to a power substation open around 8:30 p.m. Thursday. The Topeka …
Bart Scott’s home in New Jersey has no power because of Hurricane Irene, and he’s unsure when the lights will go back on. Still, the New York Jets linebacker considers himself one of the lucky ones. Several neighborhoods near the …
A utility serving refineries and chemical plants in Texas that shut down when electricity was lost says it’s not the source of the outages. Three Texas City refineries, including a BP unit where a 2005 explosion killed 15 people, and …