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24 articles, each built on 5 cited sources.

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GridHow many cyberattacks hit the power grid, Verizon counts 638 while the federal regulator counted 1The Verizon 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report counted 638 cyber incidents against United States utilities in its worldwide research dataset. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation, the federal regulator that oversees the power grid, received exactly 1 mandatory cyber incident report from a utility for the same year, because the 2 counts measure different things under different rules.3 minute read. 5 sources.Read the article GridElectric car owners in Massachusetts, Maryland and California can get paid for sending battery power back to the grid, up to 2,750 dollars a seasonNational Grid in Massachusetts, Baltimore Gas and Electric in Maryland, and 2 California state agencies pay electric vehicle owners for letting them draw power back out of the car battery. Payments already made or announced range from 1,000 dollars for a completed Maryland pilot to up to 2,750 dollars for many Massachusetts households once its rate opens for enrollment.3 minute read. 5 sources.Read the article GridUtrecht built electric car sharing that also powers the grid, and Stedin measured 65,000 kilowatt hours returned in 5 monthsThe car sharing fleet started with 50 vehicles in April 2025, and by June 2026 Stedin, the regional grid operator, had signed a contract to use nearly 500 bidirectional vehicles across the Utrecht region against grid congestion, most from the shared fleet and a growing number owned by individuals.3 minute read. 5 sources.Read the article GridMontana power grid grant money 2026 opens about 10.34 million dollars for new grid resilience projects due November 12The Montana Department of Environmental Quality opened a second round of its grid resilience grant program on August 12, 2026, with about 10.34 million dollars available to utilities and cooperatives that file a final application by November 12, 2026. The first round already funded a 3 million dollar transmission line rebuild on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and a 2.9 million dollar project to bury power lines near Hamilton.3 minute read. 5 sources.Read the article GridThe national queue to connect a new power plant to the grid shrank 10% in 2025, but only 13% of the projects that ask ever get builtLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory counts 2,061 gigawatts of power plants and batteries still seeking a grid connection at the end of 2025, down 10% from the year before, the first drop the laboratory has measured. Most of that decline came from projects dropping out of the line rather than turning on.3 minute read. 5 sources.Read the article GridIran hackers power grid warning from 7 federal agencies covers industrial computers across water, energy and government sectorsOn April 7, 2026, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and 6 partner agencies warned that hackers linked to Iran are exploiting programmable logic controllers, the small computers that directly control equipment inside the facilities they run, across water systems, energy facilities and government sites. Federal agencies widened the warning in July to cover equipment from 2 more manufacturers, after a cybersecurity company found more than 3,000 vulnerable devices already exposed to the public internet.3 minute read. 5 sources.Read the article

The other 18

The cost to bury power lines underground per mile has fallen from 4 million to 3.1 million dollars for Pacific Gas and Electric3 minute read. 5 sources.
Texas approves a huge new 765 kilovolt power line for West Texas, clearing more than 400 miles to feed the Permian Basin oil fields3 minute read. 5 sources.
Federal regulators approve a new process letting data centers connect to the power grid in 90 days, doubling the fees to use it3 minute read. 5 sources.
Pacific Gas and Electric has buried 1,370 miles of power lines underground, but its own filing puts the systemwide wildfire risk cut at just 7.5%3 minute read. 5 sources.
Grain Belt Express clears its last legal fight and starts construction on 530 of its 800 approved miles in 20263 minute read. 5 sources.
FERC orders all 6 power grid operators to explain their data center hookup rules, with responses due by August 17, 20263 minute read. 5 sources.
The Department of Energy opens 1.9 billion dollars in money to upgrade power lines that already exist, not build new ones3 minute read. 5 sources.
The federal government stopped funding solar and wind grid upgrades under the newest round of a 10.5 billion dollar program3 minute read. 5 sources.
Why are data centers building their own power plants, PJM grid connection waits averaged 8 years in 20253 minute read. 5 sources.
How much electricity do data centers use, a forecast for 2035 rose 83% in 7 months to 194 gigawatts3 minute read. 5 sources.
Vattenfall takes a final investment decision on a 254 megawatt battery in Germany. It is not the biggest battery storage project in Germany, but it nearly doubles the battery capacity Vattenfall already runs and is building.3 minute read. 5 sources.
US utilities plan a record 24 gigawatts of new battery storage for 2026. More battery storage is already waiting to connect to the power grid than the country plans to add in any single year.3 minute read. 5 sources.
Why data centers are straining the power grid, a new federal study confirms3 minute read. 5 sources.
What a smart meter sends to the power company, now true for 72.3% of every meter in the country3 minute read. 5 sources.
Does smart grid technology actually work. Xcel Energy was still trying to collect 16.6 million dollars of a 44.5 million dollar Boulder smart grid bill in 20123 minute read. 5 sources.
What a smart grid can do that the old power grid could not3 minute read. 5 sources.
What the smart grid button does on an LG refrigerator, and whether your power company supports it3 minute read. 5 sources.
How power companies predict power outages before they happen3 minute read. 5 sources.

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