And while inflation and supply issues get a lot of the blame, there’s a deeper reason bills are going up — our outdated power grid. Utah’s transmission infrastructure — like that in much ...

Researchers at Radboud University have developed a new method to calculate the reliability of the power grid. This new method ...

In a letter to the editor published Aug. 2, “Natural gas can be backbone of Utah’s power grid,” the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) Mountain West Director urged Utah’s policymakers ...

They say the best time to plant a tree is yesterday. The best time for transmission buildout was 20 years ago. Transmission buildout is not optional. It is a necessary next step in achieving ...

and installation), as well as the Utah Public Service Commission (the regulatory body that determines whether Rocky Mountain Power will earn a rate of return on its investment). Creating the grid ...

Another issue Texas deals with is how isolated it is on its own power grid. Utah is on what's called The Western Interconnection - which includes a lot of the western states, a couple of provinces ...

Texas and the western U.S. — meaning Utah — are at "elevated risk" of seeing grid shortages should power needs peak beyond normal volumes, according to the report by the organization.

This is the first time UT Knoxville has been honored to ... this problem by focusing its technologies and methods to operate the power grid efficiently and reliably over long distances.

The Center for Electromechanics at the University of Texas Cockrell School of Engineering will lead a $1.6 million project to develop technology to improve the energy grid in rural parts of Texas ...