Blake is the deputy editor for Energywire and author of E&E News' weekly Cybersecurity Update. Since joining E&E in 2013, he has written about crude-by-rail safety risks and investigated major cyberattacks on oil, gas and electricity companies worldwide. Blake graduated summa cum laude from Northwestern University with a double major in journalism and Arabic and has previously reported for the Associated Press
A Utah renewable energy developer was struck by an unprecedented cyberattack that cut contact to a dozen wind and solar farms this spring, according to documents obtained by E&E News under the Freedom of Information Act.
California's top utility regulator slammed Pacific Gas and Electric Co. yesterday for its recent power outages aimed at preventing wildfires and ordered numerous "corrective actions" for the company, saying the historic shut-offs were "failures in execution."
The nation's first gas station to convert fully to electric vehicle charging opened last week in Maryland.
Energy regulators haven't grasped how far hackers could go to harm the U.S. power grid, according to a new report from the Government Accountability Office.
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. has announced the biggest-ever purchase of renewable energy in the auto industry, locking up 320 megawatts of wind and solar power to offset emissions at its U.S. manufacturing plants.