Summer Forecast: Increased Risk of Power Outages due to Extreme Heat

Grid monitor warns of U.S. blackouts in ‘sobering report’ Credited Author(s): Peter Behr, Jason Plautz The central and upper Midwest, Texas, and Southern California face an increased risk of power outages this summer from extreme heat, wildfires and extended drought, the nation’s grid monitor warned yesterday. In a dire new assessment, the North American Electric…