As temperatures increase this summer, so does energy demands. Increasing demands can lead to energy grids being strained which could lead to brownouts or blackouts. Brownouts are a reduction or ...

Duke Energy officials are asking its customers to conserve electricity. This is all an effort to help avoid potential high demand on the electric grid caused by extremely cold temperatures. Here are ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — With temperatures reaching the mid-90s in some places in the Triad on Monday afternoon, Duke Energy has issued a warning to customers across North Carolina and South Carolina to ...

Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. asked customers to conserve energy “immediately” to reduce the chance of widespread power outages Monday afternoon, before ending the request a few hours later, and ...

Knoxville Utility Board customers are urged to stop running the dishwasher or doing laundry in the middle of the day until this heat wave passes. Those machines require a lot of energy, which the ...

The U.S. Department of Energy issued an emergency order on Tuesday, June 24, amid ongoing extreme heat warnings across the Southeast. The order, which is in effect until 10 p.m. June 25, was requested ...