Over Half of US at Elevated Risk of Winter Blackouts Due to Biden Energy Policies, Watchdog Comments on Industry Report

GATEWAYPUNDIT ^ | 11/24/2023 | Warner Todd Huston

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An energy watchdog group is warning that President Joe Biden’s energy policy has put more than half the country at elevated risk of blackouts this winter.

Citing a new energy report, the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association pointed to Biden’s policies as a direct threat to the stability of America’s energy grid, according to Fox Business Network.

That threat may be acutely felt in the coming months, as AccuWeather is predicting a harsh winter season.

“A strengthening El Niño will make this winter … colder with plenty more snow for millions of people who live in major cities,” AccuWeather reported on Oct. 4, adding that the weather will be especially severe across the Central and Eastern U.S.

It could be a recipe for serious issues for the electrical grid, according to the Winter Reliability Assessment from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC).

The group explained that residents from Texas to New England could be subject to blackouts during the expected extreme cold this winter due to “inadequate generator weatherization and limitations to natural gas infrastructure,” the Washington Examiner reported.

“The confluence of both of those factors has year after year resulted in wide swaths of generators being unavailable for some of our most critical winter periods and hours where the system needs it the most,” said John Moura, NERC director of reliability assessment and performance analysis.

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IMPOSSIBLE, Man Made Climate Change Orthodoxy make these claims unbelievable and just plain silly. With the planet on a collision course with spontaneous combustion on a planetary scale from burning fossil fuels, It just isn’t possible to ever see snow again in this country. We need to BAN all Fossil Fuel use in New England immediately.

[Noumenon]

That’s a real shame.

[TigersEye]

Thanks for the links. I need to investigate this before too long.

So do I.

I have watched the videos but have procrastinated putting anything into action.
I may well regret my lethargy as it's really freaking cold here already.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Biden’s response: “MAGA Extremists are bringing down the grid! True internationalupadapressure!”

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

We turned away from God. I guess it was supposed to be a new era of tolerance, science, love and reason. Instead, everybody is turning into scum.

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Modern gas stoves need electricity, too, as far as I know, because they use strikers in the burners instead of pilot lights.

I remember on time when a windstorm put the electricity out in a house I used to live in with my mother. The stove was an old-fashioned gas model with pilot lights, so it still could work to put out heat through the burners while the electricity was out.

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Even then, coal is better in some places, such as those that have frequent bad weather, because a 30-day supply can typically be stored at the plant in case the supply line is cut.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Modern gas stoves need electricity, too, as far as I know, because they use strikers in the burners instead of pilot lights."

Matches still work. Valves still turn gas on and off. Saved our asses in San Antonio's "big freeze" power outage. Light a burner and put on a big pot full of water. Fortunately, we come from hurricane country and have a goodly supply of battery and propane lights.