The Union of Concerned Scientists said MISO’s most devastating power outages in the last decade can be attributed to an increasingly unstable climate and compounding weather events.

U.S. electricity outage hours reached their highest levels in a decade in 2024 due to the impact of Hurricanes Beryl, Helene and Milton, the EIA reported.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced almost $2 billion in new funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act aimed at improving grid reliability and resilience.