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

100m Americans are at risk of blackouts this summer as heat ...
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3 days ago — About 100 million Americans face power blackouts this summer as roasting weather, overstretched powerplants and unreliable green energy
 
Most of US at Risk of Blackouts This Summer, Regulator Says
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2 days ago — The Midwest faces the highest risk of losing power this summer. NERC/CNET/Screenshot by Zach McAuliffe. NERC, a regulatory authority that ...
 
"In addition to extreme weather, supply chain issues and an active wildfire season will further comprise reliability this summer, the assessment warns."
California politicians deserve this, and it's coming. Gee, wait until gasoline generators (along with lawn mowers) are banned.
 
As long as the gas company doesn't go under, I'm all set with a generator.
Those things are great. Magic, almost.
Once you get one, you never hear it because the power stops going out.
It's worked out that way at my last few locations.
 
Biden causes America to become energy dependent after we were independent under President Trump.

Biden promised to destroy carbon based energy.

Biden is now trying to buy oil from Venezuela.

It’s that simple.
 
Earl said:
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.
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so who would have thought that as summertime comes rolling up they living will go from being "Easy" to being "Hot" ! Next thing you know it will start being "cold" in the winter !
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Is Tesla the new Ford Pinto? :thinking: It's poorly manufactured (worst reliability of any manufacturer right now) and has a tendency to explode and burn... :rolleyes:
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My dad bought a new Pinto in 1971. A main bearing burned up at 36 miles he took it back and bought a different car. ( an oiling hole wasn't drilled)
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Is Tesla the new Ford Pinto? :thinking: It's poorly manufactured (worst reliability of any manufacturer right now) and has a tendency to explode and burn... :rolleyes:
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There used to be a blue Pinto around here with a flame job painted on it. Not from the hood going back, from the back going forward. :D Quality paint job too.
 
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