As we head into October, we leave behind a summer of extreme heat across the United States, and…
FERC• Reliability and Resilience
Summer Grid Forecast: Blustery Headlines, Steady Reliability
June 1, 2023This time every year, families across the country kick off the summer with time-honored traditions: kids get out…
If you’re hearing more about the importance of electric power lines as the United States moves toward a…
Part of NRDC’s Year-End Series Reviewing 2022 Climate & Clean Energy Developments This year saw the most consequential…
Climate Change• Reliability and Resilience• Transmission• Uncategorized
The Heat Was On and Our Power Grid Held: But Will It Next Time?
October 4, 2022It wasn’t easy, but the U.S. power grid defied record-breaking heat waves and doomsday warnings to survive the…
Climate Change• FERC• Reliability and Resilience• Transmission
FERC Begins to Plan for the Age of Extreme Weather
September 12, 2022This summer has confirmed what the world’s top climate scientists have warned about for years: Climate change is causing more…
A sizzling summer in Texas is demonstrating some key realities about that state’s electricity grid. With solar power…
Record heat and drought are raising the risks of summer brownouts. To limit these climate risks in the…
Gas• Planning• Reliability and Resilience• Transmission
The Texas Storm That Proved the Need for Grid Investments
February 9, 2022It has been a year since Winter Storm Uri left millions of people without power. The United States…