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As the anniversary approaches of Winter Storm Elliott, a pair of reports released in the first week of November reveal how much worse the situation almost became and the continued vulnerability of the U.S. energy grid to frigid weather.
Nearly a year ago, a Christmas weekend storm blasted across the country, forcing utilities to cut electricity to hundreds of thousands of people in parts of the southeastern U.S. after temperatures …
The president is aiming for a carbon-free U.S. power grid by 2035. Hitting that goal depends on when and where big electricity lines are built.
Nearly a year ago, a Christmas weekend storm blasted across the country, forcing utilities to cut electricity to hundreds of thousands of people in parts of the southeastern U.S. after
Natural gas infrastructure – pipelines, producing wells, and generating plants – were the chief culprits in Winter Storm Elliott last Christmas “that contributed to power outages for millions of electricity customers in the Eastern half of the country,” the staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corp. found in a 167-page