Analysis: The U.S. power grid can’t take the heat — can cooler heads in DC fix the problem?

Our power grid can’t take the heat — can cooler heads in DC fix the problem? Amid all the horrors of last week’s assassination attempt against former President Trump is a dangerous ongoing heat wave that is engulfing the nation, making temperatures — and tempers — soar. … ckulat The Hill

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The question is, will we lose electricity in the days and years ahead at a faster and more dangerous rate due to factors like climate change? And what can be done about it? 

A new study by the Electric Power Research Institute and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory looked at how cities may be affected by future hurricanes, imagining the period between 2066 and 2100 and expected outage events per person per decade. “Our results show a dramatic increase in risk along the entirety of the U.S. coastline, particularly in the Gulf Coast, Florida, and Puerto Rico,” they report, “driven by an increase in the number of tropical cyclones and major hurricanes expected in a future climate.” 

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