27 Jan, 2026

Utilities struggle to balance resiliency planning, affordability – panel

The convergence of extreme weather events, infrastructure vulnerabilities and mounting affordability pressures is creating unprecedented challenges for US utilities.

Utilities are spending more than $35 billion annually on adaptation, hardening and resilience, but grid reliability does not seem to have improved, Richard McMahon, managing director of Energy Insight Consulting, said ...[end of article preview]