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And it’s leaving some people without the electricity to power a fan or air conditioner during intense heat waves.
Supply shortfall caused by spiking demand during extreme summer weather could affect two-thirds of the U.S.
The number of U.S. rigs has dropped along with natural gas prices. Here’s what that means for the “shale revolution.”
Emergency repairs were made after electricity network went down during Maria. But investments in resilience have been slow to come.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ new CEO has experience working under a different power pricing model — a capacity market.
Nearly 40% of U.S. electricity is generated by natural gas, so when millions of air conditioners are turned on, prices rise.
High gas prices threaten food security as well as people’s ability to keep the lights on and protect themselves from the cold.
With temperatures in triple digits in much of the state, air conditioning is creating heavy demand on a system that has had problems in the past.
Between a quarter and a third of U.S. households are said to be energy insecure, and many don’t qualify for aid.
Hydropower is a diminishing resources in a megadrought.
