Politics Jan 22 State lawmakers propose power grid protections amid surge in substation attacks By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press
Nation Jan 05 Severe storms knock out power in California, at least 4 dead due to flooding Officials in California ordered evacuations in a high-risk coastal area where mudslides killed 23 people in 2018 as a huge storm barreled into the state Wednesday, bringing high winds and rain that threatened widespread flooding and knocked out power to… By Olga R. Rodriguez, Associated Press
Nation Dec 24 Millions without power as winter storm batters U.S. with blizzards, freezing rain A battering winter storm left nearly 2 million homes and businesses without power across the United States on Saturday, as millions more people were left to worry how the prospect of further outages would effect holiday and travel plans. By Corey Williams, Associated Press
Nation Dec 17 Thousands without power as snow pummels parts of the Northeast Utility crews raced Saturday to restore power to tens of thousands of customers across New England and New York after a powerful storm dumped 2 feet of snow in some places. By Associated Press
Nation Dec 06 Power outages from substation shootings could last until Thursday Duke Energy says crews are making progress on restoring power to a county where one or more vandals shot up substations, but the repairs won't be complete until later in the week. By Associated Press
Dec 05 Watch 4:48 News Wrap: Flu hospitalizations skyrocket in the U.S. In our news wrap Monday, the CDC reported that U.S. hospitalizations for the flu are the highest they've been in a decade this early in the season, Pfizer asked the FDA to authorize its updated COVID booster for children 6… Continue watching
Dec 04 North Carolina power outages could last days after shooting attacks on substations By Hannah Schoenbaum, Associated Press Tens of thousands of people braced for days without electricity in a North Carolina county where authorities say two power substations were shot up by one or more people with apparent criminal intent. Continue reading
Dec 01 Russian shelling cuts off power again in liberated Kherson region By Inna Varenytsia, Associated Press Russian shelling has cut off power in the recently liberated Ukrainian city of Kherson just days after it was restored. Moscow is pressing its drive to destroy Ukraine's energy plants and other key civilian infrastructure as freezing weather sets in. Continue reading
Nov 23 Officials say most Ukrainians left without power after barrage of Russian strikes By John Leicester, Sam Mednick, Associated Press Multiple regions reported attacks in quick succession and Ukraine’s Energy Ministry said that “the vast majority of electricity consumers were cut off.”… Continue reading
Nov 05 Watch 3:34 News Wrap: North and South Korea tensions remain high amid military drills In our news wrap Saturday, Biden, Trump and Obama descended on Pennsylvania in a final midterms push, North Korea fired more missiles into the sea as the U.S. and South Korea conducted air combat exercises, Ukraine is seeing daily blackouts… Continue watching