(NEXSTAR) — As of Wednesday morning, Earth is being hit by a strong solar radiation storm event that will be followed by a geomagnetic storm, space weather officials say. It’s all thanks to an ...

When severe weather affects the grid, you want to know how extensive the power outage is in your area. This power-outage tracker brings you up-to-date information on outages at the county level to ...

Because central and southern Illinois differ from the north in how they make and buy electricity, they're slipping behind in the race for cheap power, clean air and economic growth.

That will inhibit us from seeing the atmospheric interactions — otherwise known to us as the northern lights — that are occurring overhead. Nonetheless, the SWPC shows G1 to G3 level storms could ...

And PJM pointed out that 40 gigawatts of power that it has already approved for grid connection remains unbuilt, due, the company said, to factors unrelated to PJM’s approval process.

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rising interest among consumers to reduce their carbon footprints and energy costs is driving the growth of community and rooftop solar in ComEd’s northern Illinois ...

Based on documents from PJM Interconnection, Illinois General Assembly and Illinois Power Agency. Author: Capitol News Illinois, Andrew Adams Published: 3:07 PM CST December 20, 2024 ...

Great Lakes Energy's online outage map indicates there are still nearly 2,000 people without power in their service area — with a majority of outages in Otsego, Charlevoix, Montmorency and Emmet ...

As of April, the two grid operators in Illinois – PJM Interconnection and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator – have almost 600 gigawatts of generation capacity waiting to go online ...

The actual flow of power from western-to-northern corridor on 15 June was 24.14 GW against the available transfer capability of about 22 GW. That prompted grid controller to step in ...

While the northern lights may be a stunning sight, CMEs are also capable of impacting critical infrastructure technology, like our power grids. Thankfully, any impacts can be mitigated, according ...

Will we see the northern lights? The SWPC has already issued a geomagnetic storm watch for the next two days due to the “fast” CME that erupted from the sun overnight.