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Why haven't summer's extreme heat waves caused any blackouts? Renewable energy is helping.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 10 months agoFlorida is set to experience heat index values of up to 115 degrees this week. Persistent, scorching...
Blackouts could be implemented as soon as Friday night, MLGW says
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNote: We are offering this story free as a public service. Please consider supporting our journalism...
TVA says it avoided another 'Texas.' Critics say cold caught it with 'pants down'
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoExtreme cold across Tennessee and the rest of the Tennessee Valley Authority's footprint put rolling...
A deadly combination: No power and extreme heat. How likely is it and is Texas prepared?
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMost Texas cities and counties would be unprepared to respond to a heat wave should it coincide with...
Natural gas is the pillar of the US electric grid. It’s also unreliable
Canary Media via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCanary Media’s Down to the Wire column tackles the more complicated challenges of decarbonizing our...
Do you like your cellphone? Here’s why mining should not be a dirty word in the U.S.
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoIs the United States’ electrical grid in crisis? Not yet. But it is vulnerable. The U.S. mining...
ERCOT's calls to conserve power might become common during summer heat
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTexans got a taste Monday of what experts say is likely to become a common occurrence this summer if the ongoing heat wave doesn’t let up: urgent requests to curtail electricity usage during ...
ERCOT CEO: Grid ‘running well’ amid winter storm — Full interview
KXAN via Yahoo News· 5 months agoAUSTIN (Nexstar) — As parts of Texas hit record low temperatures and the state power grid handles record-high demand, Pablo Vegas, the CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT ...
When Kula needed water to stop wildfire, it got a trickle. Many other US cities are also vulnerable
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoHours before devastating fires scorched the historic town of Lahaina on Maui, Kyle Ellison labored...
In some parts of the U.S., the grid of the future might be closer than you think
Alaska Beacon via Yahoo News· 1 month agoA little more than two years ago, a clean energy record was broken. For the first time, a regional...