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In five of the past 11 years, parts of the U.S. electrical grid have been hit by blackouts, shut-offs or close calls during cold weather. Experts say one reason is a recurring shortage of natural gas.
SAN JUAN (Reuters) -Puerto Ricans were without electricity on New Year's Eve after a grid failure left nearly all of the island without power. Around 87% of clients were without power at 1 p.m. on ...
One of the key issues for electric grid security is that these ongoing improvements and modernizations have created more risk to the system. As an example, one risk specifically comes from the integration of digital communications and computer infrastructure with the existing physical infrastructure of the power grid. [6]
Even North Carolina’s small electric cooperatives are at the whims of the company: their largest source of power, the Catawba Nuclear Station in South Carolina, is operated by Duke Energy.
Some gas compressor stations lost power when utilities began shutdowns, and overall gas supply fell by 85%. [57] University of Texas professor Michael Webber said, "This is the moral hazard of the market which is when wind or solar or coal or nuclear underperforms, they lose money. And when gas power plants underperform they lose money.
In 2021, Brazil's worst drought in almost a century threatened its electricity supply. [6] [7] Brazil relies on hydropower for two-thirds of its electricity.[8]Euractiv reported that European Commissioner for Climate Action Frans Timmermans told the European Parliament in Strasbourg that "about one fifth" of the energy price increase "can be attributed to rising CO 2 pricing on the EU's carbon ...
The power crisis also prompted Texas to begin overhauling its grid to increase reliability. Coleman cited factors including ocean and atmospheric patterns that point to winter weather similar to ...
Squirrel-caused grid disruption in the U.S. is monitored by the American Public Power Association (APPA). [12] The APPA has developed a data tracker called "The Squirrel Index" (TSqI) to analyze the pattern and timing of "squirrel attacks" on electrical power systems.