, regulators said the reliability concerns are driven by higher peak demand projections and inadequate generator weatherization, as well as low fuel supply risks and limitations to natural gas infrastructure.
“Our emerging renewable fleet is fully dependent on how sunny or how windy it is,” John Moura, NERC’s director of reliability assessment and performance analysis, told reporters Thursday.“We don't have large-scale storage solutions [yet] — so as we transition our system from predominantly coal, nuclear, and gas generation to more renewable and weather-dependent resources, we need to ensure reliability, even on the days when the weather isn't quite cooperating,” he said.
Concerns are particularly high in the Midwest, regulators said. Reserve margins for the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, or MISO, have fallen by 5% from last year due largely to retirements of thermal, nuclear, and coal-fired generators and insufficient replacement capacity to meet increasing demand.
if you are cold and hungry this winter....thank a Democrat.
Doubt
Totally preventable. Mismanagement of resources and transition to new ones. Sad sad sad.
I wonder where one would look to find info on resilience of their local grid? - my locality, does my electric provider have enough reserves for a cold snap? Or worse something like Texas had a week of freezing cold an little to no sun and wind. No way for solar or wind to work.
Not me. I have a big generator. See: trust nothing, trust nobody.
But the infrastructure bill!!!!!!
FYI- Blackouts in the winter are much worse than the summer... LETSGOBRANDON
Its a good thing 81mil people voted for a guy who is trying to shut down power plants...
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