WRITTEN BY WASHINGTON EXAMINER ON JUN 2, 2022. POSTED IN LATEST NEWS
Biden Is Sleepwalking Into A Summer Energy Crisis
For a president whose chief of staff reportedly begins each morning by checking the average price of gasoline, Joe Biden’s administration is awfully dismissive of warning signs that the nation’s electrical grid can’t handle the summer heat.
Last month, the North American Electricity Reliability Corporation, a nonprofit electrical grid watchdog, issued a new report warning that two-thirds of the United States face a heightened risk of power outages this summer. [bold, links added]
Part of the problem is adverse weather conditions. A drought in the West has diminished hydroelectric capacity, and a drought in the Missouri River basin is denying thermal generators the natural cooling they need to stay operational.
But not all of the grid’s troubles are related to weather. Government regulations and taxes designed to reduce carbon emissions have also caused a huge loss in generating capacity from power plants reliant on fossil fuels.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/biden-sleepwalking-summer-energy-crisis/