Two weeks ago, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, the regulator that monitors the nation's electrical grid, warned in their staff report on Winter Storm Elliot that this winter, a large swath of the country that extends from Texas up to the Canadian border could pass that "Worse" stage.
The group said the U.S. power grid is not prepared to handle extreme winter conditions, such as prolonged arctic blasts or major snowstorms.
"Much of North America is at an elevated risk of insufficient energy supplies this winter and is highly exposed to risks of energy emergencies in extreme winter conditions," said the report.
The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America said the Staff Report on Winter Storm Elliott illustrates that members of INGAA took decisive, real-time actions to maintain system integrity in the face of the significant challenges presented during the storm.
The authors of the NERC report warn that if there is a winter storm in the magnitude of Elliot last winter, then at best, we are looking at a repeat of outages that we saw last Christmas, not just in the Carolinas but all around the country.
It's not just Christmas people should be worried about; NERC warned that half of the country and part of Canada could fall short of electricity throughout the winter because of the lack of infrastructure built for natural gas.
"But more communication will not solve the problems created by extreme weather like Winter Storm Elliott," said INGAA in a statement, adding, "The United States needs more natural gas pipeline capacity to maintain a resilient system that affords homes and the power grid access to multiple sources of this critical fuel."
https://amgreatness.com/2023/12/22/one-year-after-winter-storm-elliot-our-grid-problem-remains-dire/
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