WRITTEN BY KITE AND KEY MEDIA ON JUN 21, 2023. POSTED IN LATEST NEWS, VIDEOS
How America Is Weakening Its Electrical Grid
power plant closedIn the year 2000, there were fewer than two dozen major power disruptions in the United States. In 2020, there were 180.
How did our electricity get so much less reliable?
A number of factors are at work in the growing instability of the grid. For one thing, much of our electricity infrastructure is aging — over 70 percent of power lines are approaching the end of their lifecycle. [emphasis, links added]
For another, extreme weather events pose a significant danger given how much of the country’s electricity infrastructure is aboveground.
One more significant part of the problem: the way we’re using renewable energy.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/how-america-is-weakening-its-electrical-grid/
