We mentioned Wisconsin Energy's plan to "upside-down" their electric generation, using windmills and sun-catchers as "baseload" generation and natural gas/coal as "peak demand" sources.
What happened next?
The top U.S. power grid watchdog warns that more than half of North America and about two-thirds of the United States could face blackouts this winter as a result of growing reliance on renewable sources, the retirement of coal-fired generation plants, and inadequate investment in fuel supply and weatherizing for natural gas-fired electricity generation.
The report is the latest in a string of reports from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) over the past year that find the changing mix of electricity generation sources on the North American grid is making it harder for electricity supply to keep up during high demand periods....
This is simple. Winter's "peak demand" days usually co-incide with cold snaps. Home heating demand is high, and home heating is largely done with natural gas. That reduces the nat-gas supply to utilities, and since they're now using nat-gas (instead of coal), well..........either Granny freezes in her home, or all of her lights go out.
...All the areas of the eastern U.S. and Great Plains, with the exception of Florida, parts of Southeast, and New York are at elevated risk, according to the report. That means there’s a potential for the grids serving those areas to experience blackouts during high demand....
Not mentioned in the report? Sabotage. It's very easy to sabotage natural gas transmission lines, either with devices such as IEDs or with hacking the SCADA control systems.
It is NOT so easy to sabotage coal, although it's possible.
But the Biden Administration (and Democrats as a whole) don't really give a flying damn about your needs (not 'wants'); the worship of the Green Goddess is primary. Need proof?
...The Biden administration’s climate goals call for all fossil fuel power generation, including natural gas, to be eliminated by 2035. ...
No natural gas. No coal. None. Zero. Zip.
Good luck with that. Best get extra blankets for Granny.
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