Power grid

The new facility will bring together scientists and industry leaders to help speed up the development of battery and grid storage technologies.

Nathaniel Cheney was arrested April 2, after he was indicted March 12 on two counts of damage to an electrical substation in Clackamas County in 2022.

U.S. prosecutors say two men have been arrested and charged with vandalizing electrical substations in Washington state, attacks that left thousands without power over the holidays.

Emails obtained by OPB and KUOW show that at least six electric substations in the region have been attacked, at least two with firearms. At least two of the incidents bear similarities to the attacks on substations in North Carolina on Saturday that were also caused by gunfire and left thousands of people without electricity for days.

Power outages from severe weather have doubled over the past two decades across the U.S. as a warming climate stirs more destructive storms. The resulting blackouts can be harmful and even deadly for the elderly, disabled and other vulnerable communities.

RICHLAND, Wash. – As the Pacific Northwest begins to integrate more renewable energy, grid operators sometimes have trouble predicting the variability…