'Stretched to the limit': Heat wave prompts US electrical grid emergency

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

With 160 million people in 30 states under alert for extreme temperatures, the U.S. Department of Energy has declared an emergency as a heat wave bears down on a huge part of the nation's electrical grid.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright issued an Energy Emergency Alert, directing officials of the biggest electrical grid, PJM Interconnections in the Mid-Atlantic region, to take action to prevent blackouts and ensure essential operations like hospitals are fully functioning during the heat wave.

"Maintaining affordable, reliable, and secure power in the PJM service territory is non-negotiable," Wright said in a statement on Tuesday.

PJM supplies power to about 65 million customers in Washington, D.C., and in all or parts of 13 states, including Delaware, Michigan, Maryland, Kentucky, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/weather-news/articles/stretched-limit-heat-wave-prompts-215750194.html

[newdeal2]

1. But keeping building those AI data centers and gas guzzlers

And no new renewables.

[orthoclad]

4. Yeah, fuck humans, we have to waste gigaWatts

operating spy centers to oppress them. But they can make funny cartoons with no artistic talent at all!

[Melon]

2. We need long term, large Nuclesr projects as a foundation

For energy in the US and of course build upon eco friendly renewable energy. If you ever look at the amount of wind farm or solar acreage needed for even a mid size city you will quickly see that it’s not viable at scale.

[Timewas]

3. People need

To take it into their own hands and install small solar battery systems to take up the load during peak power times.. If you have a little room and some basic skills less than 3500 for a solar/battery backup system that will take up during peak times, from 5 til 9 we are on solar/battery system that runs all we need including a small window 110 AC unit that will keep it cool to a point that it will be tolerable...

[MichMan]

5. I guess the grid wasn't ready for millions of EV then

[Timewas]

7. The Grid

Is so far behind that it is probably a good deal that EVs are unaffordable for a large portion of the populace.

[bamagal62]

6. I'm sitting here in NYC

Sweltering. I do worry of a black out over the weekend.
Just trying to think a good thought. We’re in an old place and have dehumidifiers running constantly. It’s oppressive today and is going to get worse.