Monique Verdin, "Headwaters : Tamaracks + Time : Lake Itasca" (2019), digital assemblage. Photograph taken in 2019; United States War Department map of the route passed over by an expedition into the Indian country in 1832 to the source of the Mississippi River.

Rethinking the Power Grid

The electric grid is among the country’s most critical infrastructure, a robust and complex system that provides electricity to homes and businesses. But the aging US electric grid is outdated and falling apart, unable to keep up with the hazards posed by a changing climate and the need to transition to a clean energy system. What will the power grid of the future look like?