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Spiking temperatures could cause more blackouts this summer. They won't be the last.
U.S. Midwest in danger of rotating power blackouts this summer
June 3 (Reuters) - The power grid in the Central United States could be forced to impose rotating blackouts on some of the hottest days of the summer due to rising demand and plant retirements, federal energy officials said in an online energy comment on Friday.
originally posted by: xuenchen
All rolling blackouts need to be politically correct and agenda driven 👁️👃👁️👁️🦻👁️
originally posted by: conspiracytheoristIAM
I'm going to immediately go and order an electric car....just want to make my contribution to "rolling blackouts" !
originally posted by: xuenchen
All rolling blackouts need to be politically correct and agenda driven 👁️👃👁️👁️🦻👁️
originally posted by: JAGStorm
a reply to: JAGStorm
www.reuters.com...
U.S. Midwest in danger of rotating power blackouts this summer
June 3 (Reuters) - The power grid in the Central United States could be forced to impose rotating blackouts on some of the hottest days of the summer due to rising demand and plant retirements, federal energy officials said in an online energy comment on Friday.
Maybe this is the "dark winter" they predicted. Maybe it starts in summer?
Between 2010 and the first quarter of 2019, U.S. power companies announced the retirement of more than 546 coal-fired power units, totaling about 102 gigawatts (GW) of generating capacity. Plant owners intend to retire another 17 GW of coal-fired capacity by 2025, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. After a coal unit retires, the power plant site goes through a complex, multi-year process that includes decommissioning, remediation, and redevelopment.
Coal-fired power plants in the United States remain under significant economic pressure. Many plant owners have retired their coal-fired units because of relatively flat electricity demand growth and increased competition from natural gas and renewables. In 2018, plant owners retired more than 13 GW of coal-fired generation capacity, which is the second-highest annual total for U.S. coal retirements in EIA’s dataset; the highest total for coal retirements, at 15 GW, occurred in 2015.
originally posted by: lordcomac
A lock- in at Congress with no power on a hot summer day.
I'd pay good money to see that.