Category: US Electric Grid

China Is Both Supplier and Saboteur of America’s Electric Grid, Experts Say

May 24, 2023
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Simultaneous with efforts by the Biden administration to “green” America’s energy infrastructure, Chinese companies have become key suppliers of hardware to the U.S. electric grid that analysts fear could give China the ability to crash the grid if hostilities were ever to escalate. Americans have become so used to an uninterrupted supply of electricity that…

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Energy Commissioner Warns of ‘Major Threats’ to Power Grid

May 19, 2023
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Hope is a powerful energy, but it won’t keep the air conditioner on when summer temperatures soar and demand for electricity skyrockets, causing an overburdened electrical grid to grind to a stop. Yet that seems to be the Biden administration’s plan in addressing warnings that nine North American regional electrical grids face an “elevated risk”…

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State Attorneys General Act to Stop BlackRock from Acquiring Large Stakes in US Electric Utilities

May 12, 2023
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State attorneys general of 17 states filed a motion this week with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to stop BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager and an outspoken advocate for replacing fossil fuels with wind and solar power, from acquiring large shares in America’s utility companies. To protect the independence and stability of America’s…

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US Heading Toward Power Grid ‘Reliability Crisis,’ Energy Commissioner Warns

May 5, 2023
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There were approximately 10,000 energy projects in April designed to produce more than 2,000 gigawatts (GW) of collective power waiting for permits from federal and state agencies to connect to electric grids across the United States. The problem is, that is nearly twice the collective electricity output of the 1,250 GW now being produced by…

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