When the power goes out for a couple hours, most folks treat it like an inconvenience. A total failure is different. No lights, no heat, no water pressure in a lot of places, no gas pumps, spotty cell ...

An Xcel Energy transformer failure left roughly 195,000 Xcel and CORE electric customers without power Sunday afternoon, causing widespread disruptions, including a 24-minute 911 outage in Aurora and ...

Power interruptions are posing a much greater risk throughout the U.S., largely due to an aging power grid and an increase in extreme weather events. Equipment damage and production interruptions can ...