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Blackouts possible this summer due to heat and extreme weather, officials warn
Blackouts possible this summer due to heat and extreme weather, officials warn | CNN
Extreme temperatures and ongoing drought could cause the power grid to buckle across vast areas of the country this summer, potentially leading to electricity shortages and blackouts, a US power grid regulator said Wednesday.
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(CNN)Extreme temperatures and ongoing drought could cause the power grid to buckle across vast areas of the country this summer, potentially leading to electricity shortages and blackouts, a US power grid regulator said Wednesday.
NERC, a regulating authority that oversees the health of the nation's electrical infrastructure, says in its 2022 Summer Reliability Assessment that extreme temperatures and ongoing drought could cause the power grid to buckle. High temperatures, the agency warns, will cause the demand for electricity to rise. Meanwhile, drought conditions will lower the amount of power available to meet that demand.
"Industry prepares its equipment and operators for challenging summer conditions. Persistent, extreme drought and its accompanying weather patterns, however, are out of the ordinary and tend to create extra stresses on electricity supply and demand," said Mark Olson, NERC's manager of Reliability Assessments.
On Thursday, NOAA's Climate Prediction Center called for nearly the entire contiguous United States to experience above average temperatures this summer.
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The power grid is extremely delicate and electricity supply must always meet electricity demand; experts warn. If not, capacity shortfalls can occur. A shortfall is when there is not enough power being generated to meet demand.
Forced power outages, also known as rolling blackouts, are initiated during these situations -- which is what millions of Americans run the risk of seeing this summer -- to prevent long term damage to the grid.
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In addition to extreme weather, supply chain issues and an active wildfire season will further comprise reliability this summer, the assessment warns.
Commentary:
Thank you, Joe and your Green terrorist Commies.... for trying hard to close the circle on the Destruction of America.
Now America faces not only food shortages but also a national shortage of electric power.
It wasn't enough to turn America into a war zone during 2020, allow a million or more illegal aliens to enter America, create fossil fuel shortage, get American killed in a bolloxed retreat from Afghanistan, the Supply side block, to the Ukraine war.
It was revealed today that we are now 1.5% below our GDP.
Can anyone believe that our 46th president could wreak so much damage on this country in less than two years? I never thought it possible but here it is...
