Not all states have gotten hit equally hard. The reasons are complex. By Brad Plumer Harry Stevens and Rebecca F. Elliott Millions of Americans have watched with dismay as their electricity bills have ...

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Gyeongyun Lily Min spent the last seven months in a makeshift laboratory she set up in her parent’s garage as she tried to convert vibrations produced by sound waves in sports arenas into electrical ...

My colleagues and I have developed an artificial intelligence system that helps buildings shift their energy use to times when the electric grid is cleaner. I’m an engineer who studies and develops ...

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