Electric Company Operators Across U.S. Are Warning Of Upcoming Energy Shortages And Blackouts
Six Powerplants In Texas Go Offline Due To Heatwave. Residents Asked To Turn Up Thermostats
The following is from ZeroHedge:
[North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC)] warned power supplies in the Western US could be strained this summer as a historic drought reduces hydroelectric power generation due to falling reservoir levels and what’s expected to be an unseasonably hot summer. Compound the hellacious weather backdrop with grids decommissioning fossil fuel power plants to fight climate change and their inability to bring on new green power generation, such as solar, wind, and batteries, in time, is a perfect storm waiting to happen that will produce electricity deficits that may force power companies into rolling blackouts for stability purposes.
The regulatory body pointed out that supply-chain woes are delaying major Southwest solar projects, while some coal plants have trouble procuring supplies because of increased exports. They said there’s also an increasing threat of cyberattacks from Russia.
By region, the Midwest power grid will be extremely tight. Across the Western US, power generation capacity has declined 2.3% since last summer, even as demand is expected to increase. Grids in the region may have to source power from neighboring grids as extreme heat will cause people to crank up their air conditioners. A situation of low wind speeds could trigger blackouts, according to NERC. They outlined how the Midwest could face power shortfalls due to the removal of power capacity from retiring fossil fuel power plants.
NERC issued a similar warning last year, stating power grids that serve 40% of the US population were at risk of blackouts. One year later, there was only one notable blackout last June during a heatwave in the Pacific Northwest that left 9,000 customers without power. But with reduced electricity generation capacity outpacing new green power sources, the risks of blackouts are increasing this year.
In Texas, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)has already warned multiple times of grid stress as early summer-like heatwaves sent temperatures in certain parts of the state into triple-digit territory.
California’s grid operators have also warned of rising blackout threats –for the next three summers — as the state transitions to greener forms of energy. The drought and shrinking reservoir levels have reduced hydroelectric power generation on top of decommissioned fossil fuel power plants.
We know that reliability is going to be difficult in this time of transition.
Said Alice Reynolds, president of the California Public Utilities Commission, during a May 6 press conference
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
Proverbs 27:12
This all could just be more fear and hoopla, but I honestly think the media is setting people up for a summer that will not be soon forgotten. This summer is going to be incredibly hectic as is, and deliberate power outages will only send that to the moon. In short, be advised, be ready, and be prepared for what is to come.
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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so, with all the power outages I wonder will our generators work?
If it’s its own stand-alone, yes, but if outages are prolonged then that makes you are a target from desperate neighbors.
Thanks brother Jacob! I think it is just about home time, I think the Father is about to give Yeshua the ok to come get his bride. I have studied eschatology for the last 20 years and now everything is converging just like Yeshua said it would.
Covid-19 began in the summer. Now the power outages are beginning in the summer!!!