This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The winter storm exposed the grid’s real weakness: lots of old poles on Jan 28, 2026.

The ERCOT grid successfully withstood the recent winter storm in Texas, due in part to improvements made since the ...

A powerful winter storm descending on Texas on Friday will be one of the toughest tests of the state’s electric grid since ...

Rochester Public Utilities (RPU) issued energy conservation alerts this weekend as Winter Storm Fern brought extreme cold ...

The steady accumulation of snow and freezing rain and a rise in demand for electricity can cause problems long after the sky ...

Officials don't expect widespread power outages, though Texans could still see local power outages if ice or falling tree ...

Texas state and local officials say they’re better prepared now than they were five years ago when Winter Storm Uri blanketed ...

For Texans, every winter now feels like a test. By Monday morning, this test had largely been met. The Texas grid held up ...

Memories of the deadly 2021 weather event linger even as the state now appears far better prepared.

Winter Storm Fern, while admittedly not the same level of event as Uri, was severe enough to give the grid its sternest stress test in half a decade. And the grid did just fine. It is fair to say ...

America's much-derided and downsized coal power industry proved to still be a crucial factor for maintaining grid reliability ...

In the eyes of many Texans, this weekend’s freezing weather was a test. How the state’s independent electric grid fared would ...