Half of US at risk of losing power in winter due to strains on power grid

Will Wade | Bloomberg News (TNS)

Power grids that supply more than half of the U.S. population may run short of electricity during an extended cold snap or severe storm over the coming winter, according to industry regulators.

Regional system operators in a vast swath of the country stretching from Texas to New England are “at risk of insufficient electricity supplies during peak winter conditions,” the North American Electric Reliability Corp. said Wednesday in its winter reliability assessment, which also showed the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Saskatchewan facing the threat of power shortfalls.

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