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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.
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.
February 11—Kuwait—A technical problem in one of the main power grids caused most of the country to lose power. [174] March 27—Netherlands—A technical problem in one of the main power grids in North Holland caused 1 million households to lose power for at least an hour. [175]
A National Grid power outage today caused approximately 4,400 customers in Monroe County and roughly 2,000 customers in Orleans County to temporarily lose power, according to the company's website.
[21] By 4 p.m. on December 7, the number of customers remaining without power had dropped to approximately 1,200. As a result, it was announced that the curfew would be permanently lifted as of 5 a.m. on the morning of December 8. [19] As a result of the power outage, Moore County Regional Hospital was forced to operate on generator power.
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.
ERCOT is warning of potential power grid problems Tuesday morning amid deadly cold temperatures, according to a news release.. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages most of the ...
Similar concerns exist in Germany, where in 2005, a "cyber squirrel" crippled the entire electrical grid south of the River Elster for an hour. This squirrel was described as "a furry suicide bomber" ("pelzige[r] Selbstmordattentäter"). [24] Squirrels have been the cause of many power outages in Pennsylvania.