Power has been restored to more than 800,000 residents in Kyiv after Russian missile and drone strikes targeted Ukraine’s power grid on Friday, causing widespread blackouts and injuring at least 20 people. The strikes marked one of the largest concentrated assaults on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure since the war began more than three years ago.
Pennsylvania experienced its worst year for electric reliability in over three decades, with 71 major outage events reported in 2024, according to the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission’s latest Electric Service Reliability Report. The sharp increase from 49 events in 2023 highlights the growing strain on the state’s aging electrical infrastructure, compounded by severe weather and poor vegetation management.
