electrical grid

North Carolina legislature increases penalty for utility damage after substation shootings

4:40pm June 15, 2023

Increased punishments for intentionally damaging utility equipment received final legislative approval Thursday in North Carolina after attacks on the state's electrical grid caused a dayslong blac

Cristian Pavon's family says negligence caused his death last week at age 11. Their home had been without power for two days as extreme cold hit Texas, a relative says. Here, an electrical substation is seen in Houston on Sunday.

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Texas Family Sues Power Provider, Utility Overseer After Son Dies In Freezing Weather

5:31pm February 22, 2021

by Bill Chappell

Cristian Pavon died last Tuesday when the local temperature was 12 degrees, according to a relative who set up a fundraising page for his family.

Contractors working to restore power in Cayey, Puerto Rico, last week, the same region where a falling tree interrupted a main transmission line Thursday, plunging 840,000 customers into darkness.

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A Tree Falls In Puerto Rico, And 840,000 Customers Lose Power

7:08pm April 12, 2018

by Adrian Florido

A single tree plunged more than half of the island's population into darkness. It was a humbling reminder for some that power restoration is not yet complete in more remote parts of the island.

On some sunny, spring days, California has more electricity than it can use, like from this solar farm in Fresno.

Who's In Charge? Getting Western States To Agree On Sharing Renewable Energy

7:15pm June 06, 2016

California has so much solar energy that some days, there's too much. One solution is to join forces across state borders. But in the West, that's sparking some not-so-neighborly opposition.

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On Friday, 22-year-old Joel Kitele plans to take his first shower ever in a stall he built for himself. The power source: Kenya's electrical grid.

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Obama Thinks Solar Power Will Boost Kenya; Kenyans Aren't So Sure

2:53pm July 24, 2015

by Gregory Warner

Are solar panels the best way to connect millions of Africans to electricity? That's the plan the president will tout on his visit to Kenya. Critics ask: What about tapping into power lines?

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