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Residents of at least 11 states could face electricity shortages and blackouts because of the ongoing drought in the West, according to a new study. Supplies of electricity from power plants could be cut by as much as 8.8 percent in a 10-year drought, researchers at Arizona State University estimated. “The authors say that changing ...

New EPA emission regulations have renewed allegations that the Obama administration is embroiled in a war on coal – and that it will be detrimental to America’s power supply. On June 2, the federal agency announced a mandate requiring a ...

Obama administration regulations could force power plants that make 40 percent of the nation’s electricity to shut down. At issue are EPA restrictions on emissions that would close hundreds of coal-burning power plants which represent around 40 percent of the ...

Hackers could easily cause electric power plants to shut down, malfunction or even overheat because of vulnerabilities in software, say experts who have been studying vulnerabilities in servers. Hackers also could shut down sections of the grid and cause power ...

Regulatory changes imposed by the Obama administration could force up to 207 coal-fired power plants to shut down over the next 10 years, leading to higher electric bills for Americans and potentially further weakening the power grid. Coal supplies 40 ...

There’s another really good reason why you should look into producing your own electricity. The cost of electricity from the grid has been steadily rising for years and every indication is that it is going to keep increasing. Summer electricity ...