Winter is coming and the U.S. grid remains vulnerable to power plant failures

July 27, 2023

ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS – FEBRUARY 01: A worker moves coal at a coal-fired power plant on February 01, 2019 in Romeoville, Illinois. The recent polar vortex taxed power systems across the Midwest as demand for electricity climbed as temperatures plunged. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

From winter storms to sweltering summer heat, there’s a consensus among experts that increasing extreme weather, a shifting electric generation mix, delays in getting new power generation projects connected and the difficulties in getting new transmission lines and other infrastructure built all pose an increasing risk to the grid.

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