Grid

We're using more power, some of the electric grid is a century old, and severe storms caused by climate change are battering the distribution system, all while trying to make the transition to renewable power and clean energy.

With more ice storms expected in the decades ahead as the climate changes, utilities are trying to figure out how to be ready for the next ice storm.

Building a ring road today is an opportunity for London to fix historical mistakes that have constrained the city, an academic argues

You’ve heard of Euchre, Poker and Blackjack but in northeast Michigan, there’s a card game played by certain groups that you just can’t find anywhere else.

The historic restart of a nuclear power plant is planned for later this year on the shores of Lake Michigan, and a northern Michigan energy cooperative is playing a major role.

Every Monday on Morning Edition, an IPR journalist brings you up to speed on what’s going on, from stories made here in our newsroom to interesting and fun things we're seeing out in the community.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is all right but the vehicle he was travelling in got “hammered” when it was hit by another car Wednesday on Highway 401. The collision happened as Ford was on his way back from an announcement at Darlington Nuclear Generating Station in Bowmanville. The vehicle got “sideswiped,” Ford said. […]

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