Jul 16, 2026

A sobering new analysis finds the United States has experienced at least one major power outage event every single month of 2026, from January’s catastrophic southern ice storm to March’s twin blizzard and severe weather disasters, June’s two-million-customer Midwest storm siege, a…

Jul 02, 2026

With 160 million people across 30 states under heat alerts, the U.S. Department of Energy has declared a grid emergency, directing the nation’s largest grid operator to take extraordinary measures to prevent blackouts. Heat indices are forecast to reach 110 degrees or higher from Chicago to Wa…

Jun 16, 2026

A relentless six-day stretch of severe thunderstorms battered the Midwest and Great Lakes last week, with repeated bow echoes driving straight-line wind damage across Illinois, Indiana, and neighboring states. All told, nearly two million customers were affected by outages, with roughly 800,000 in t…

Jun 01, 2026

The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season officially opens today. NOAA’s outlook gives this season a 55 percent chance of finishing below normal, thanks largely to developing El Niño conditions that tend to suppress Atlantic hurricanes with hostile upper-level winds. Forecasters expect eight t…

May 23, 2026

Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms swept through the Greater Houston area beginning in the pre-dawn hours Saturday, knocking out power to tens of thousands of customers. Crews restored service to roughly 168,000 customers in the storms’ wake, just as the region turns its attention to hurr…

May 20, 2026

Thunderstorms packing damaging winds swept across Michigan’s Lower Peninsula this week, downing trees and lines and knocking out power to more than 100,000 utility customers statewide, with one major utility reporting over 80,000 customers out at the peak. Crews are working through hundreds of…

Apr 28, 2026

Severe storms rolled across the Midwest Monday, triggering tornado warnings in the St. Louis metro and central Illinois and leaving more than 250,000 customers without power across Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan. At least one death has been reported, and damage assess…

Apr 15, 2026

A destructive line of severe thunderstorms tore across the central United States this week, racing eastward at 50 mph with wind gusts to 60 mph, multiple tornado warnings, and hail up to golf-ball size. Roughly 50,000 customers lost power in Wisconsin alone as the front advanced, and follow-on storm…

Mar 17, 2026

A rare early-spring severe weather outbreak swept the East Coast on the heels of the Midwest’s record blizzard, a one-two punch that has knocked out power to more than a million customers across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic, with Ohio among the hardest hit. Damaging winds and tornadoes downed …

Mar 14, 2026

Winter Storm Iona has exploded into one of the most intense March storms on record, earning the highest category on the winter storm severity scale. The system is burying the Midwest in record snow while its warm side spawns dozens of tornadoes, and combined impacts have knocked out power to more th…

Feb 23, 2026

A powerful, historic blizzard is hammering the Northeast, smashing daily and even all-time snowfall records as it winds up off the coast. Blizzard conditions have been confirmed from New Jersey to Massachusetts, and strong gusty winds have knocked out power to more than 600,000 customers across the …

Feb 10, 2026

January’s catastrophic ice storm left some southern communities without power for a week, and utilities across the country spent late January rebuilding damaged infrastructure. With winter far from over, mid-February is the right moment for a maintenance checkup, whether your generator ran for…