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    Default Blackouts possible this summer due to heat and extreme weather, officials warn

    Blackouts possible this summer due to heat and extreme weather, officials warn
    By Tyler Mauldin, CNN | Posted - May 20, 2022 at 10:04 p.m.


    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 U.S. power grid regulator said on Thursday. (Frederic J. Brown, AFP,

    ATLANTA — 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 U.S. 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.

    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.
    https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/us/bl...her/index.html

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    It appears that Biden won't be able to keep the lights on in America.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    Blackouts possible this summer due to heat and extreme weather, officials warn
    By Tyler Mauldin, CNN | Posted - May 20, 2022 at 10:04 p.m.


    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 U.S. power grid regulator said on Thursday. (Frederic J. Brown, AFP,

    ATLANTA — 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 U.S. 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.

    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.
    https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/us/bl...her/index.html
    If they got rid of crypto, there would be plenty of energy to go around

    Luckily, my power comes mainly from solar.
    Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.

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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."

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    Supply Chain Issues.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    Supply Chain Issues.
    Fuel may be more scarce when summer rolls around.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Althea View Post
    If they got rid of crypto, there would be plenty of energy to go around

    Luckily, my power comes mainly from solar.
    Except at night.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ExpressLane View Post
    Except at night.
    Indeed, or when it rains for a week.

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    Good thing I have a gas powered generator available if that happens... While more expensive to run than buying electricity (about $1 a kwh because of the price of gas--Fuck you Joke Biden--versus about 0.13 a KW from the power company) it's better than sitting in the dark sweating to death.

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    Quote Originally Posted by T. A. Gardner View Post
    Good thing I have a gas powered generator available if that happens... While more expensive to run than buying electricity (about $1 a kwh because of the price of gas--Fuck you Joke Biden--versus about 0.13 a KW from the power company) it's better than sitting in the dark sweating to death.
    Hopefully, there will be no gas shortages but with Biden in control...

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    everyone go buy an EV

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    It appears that our country is going into or through the perfect storm. Even Mother Nature doesn't like Biden.

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    Oh just wait until they start plugging in all those mandatory electric vehicles ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by ExpressLane View Post
    Except at night.
    Crypto operates at night
    Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Earl View Post
    Oh just wait until they start plugging in all those mandatory electric vehicles ...
    No such thing. Hybrids don't get plugged in, BTW.

    If you have an electric, you can charge it with your own rooftop solar.
    Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.

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