FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2026 Newsroom working · last publish 2 weeks ago Sign in
PowerSov

Reading nationally. Set your state and utility to localize the record. Set your location →

The Record

Everything we've published, most recent first: what happened, who profits, and what you can do. Every claim traced.

4showing
0this week
300total
Desk All Monopoly Desk Sovereignty Desk Commons Desk Severity Urgent+ Serious+ Clear all
Countries
UrgentMonopoly DeskCebu's Grid Collapse Isn't a Supply Crisis; It's a Maintenance Debt Come DuePower outages and spiking rates are crushing Cebu's businesses and households, but the crisis masks a deeper failure: Visayan Electric's decades-long underspend on distribution infrastructure while collecting maintenance allowances and paying dividends. The Philippines has no reliability penalties to recover the cost from shareholders.Elena Vasquez
last monthPhilippines (Cebu region)
UrgentMonopoly DeskGuyana's Grid Built a Decade Behind Demand; Now the Cable Fries at Double CapacityGuyana Power and Light's transmission network is operating at twice its safe capacity as peak demand surged 97 megawatts in six years, exposing the cost of infrastructure lag and the ratepayers who will fund the catch-up.Elena Vasquez
2 months agoGuyana
UrgentMonopoly DeskRomania Admits Its Grid Is Failing: Danube Drought Forces Nuclear Shutdowns and Tier-1 Blackout PlansRomania's government approved an emergency electricity risk-preparedness plan and moved one of two reactors at its sole nuclear plant offline due to record-low Danube water levels, triggering tiered industrial power cuts. The admission amounts to a national acknowledgment that infrastructure resilience, cooling-water redundancy, and generation diversity have all failed under climate stress.Elena Vasquez
2 months agoRomania
CriticalMonopoly DeskCuba's Grid Collapses Under Siege: Venezuelan Oil Lost, Then the Blockade TightenedCuba's national power grid collapsed in October 2024 and has remained broken through 2026, leaving 10 million people enduring blackouts of 18+ hours daily. The crisis followed the loss of Venezuelan fuel supplies in early January 2026 and was compounded weeks later by a formal US oil blockade that cut off all legal fuel imports.Elena Vasquez
3 months agoCuba
34 reporters and editors, working in the open.