Hydro One Inc. recently announced it is moving forward with plans to build a new Ontario grid control center in Orillia. This new, state-of-the-art facility is expected to serve as one of the ...

Rising electricity demand from EVs and AI is stressing a grid built of centralized, rotating generators. Renewables can ...

Simply controlling where and when electric cars charge could go a long way to easing any spikes in electricity demand There's a place in Austin, Texas, where the residents have agreed to be the test ...

At a remote substation in the Midwest, I watched recently as a team of cybersecurity specialists gathered not to fix a breach but to simulate one. The substation—a medium-impact test site built by one ...

When an early warning system designed to alert operators across Europe about disturbances on the grid was rolled out a decade ago, the predominant color showing on the on-screen maps was green. Safe ...

Hidden somewhere in the city of Regina is a building full of computers that controls power for the entire province — the SaskPower Grid Control Centre. When it was built, it was located well out of ...

It's something out of a James Bond movie, complete with concealed identities and a near secret, secured location and it exists in a suburban Regina neighbourhood. The media was invited for a tour of ...