that there’s a 50% to 70% likelihood of higher-than-average temperatures through September in most parts of the country.
Heat waves, wildfire risks and the early retirement of some power plants factor “into potential supply shortages in the western two-thirds of North America if summer temperatures spike,” Mark Olson, NERC’s manager of reliability assessments, said in a statement.is looking at NERC’s analysis of regional energy challenges and planning for a summer that’s hotter than in past years, said Hollie Velasquez Horvath, regional vice president of state affairs and community relations.
“In addition to that, we have been actively working to make sure that, two utility-scale solar projects are coming online on time,” Horvath said. “As long as all of that continues to meet the calendar, we should have enough energy generation to meet our customers’ demand this summer,” Horvath said.