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As energy demand rises, energy can’t keep up. IFA was warned by industry insiders about planned outages across the country. What would this mean for you?

From The Epoch Times. More than two-thirds of North America could see electrical outages when temperatures spike this coming summer because utilities in many areas do not have sufficient reserve generation capacity to meet surges in demand.

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According to an annual summer reliability assessment published on May 17 by the watchdog North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the power grid in at least eight regions of the United States and one in Ontario, Canada, face elevated risk of brown-outs and black-outs during heat waves between June and September, attributed at least partially to the disruption being caused by the growing reliance on so-called “green” energies that advocates want to see supplant fossil fuels.

“The elevated risk profiles that we’re seeing are driven by a combination of conventional generation retirements seen over the last couple of years, a substantial increase in forecasted peak demand and new loads coming—we are electrifying more than we ever had in the past,” NERC Director of Reliability John Moura told reporters during a conference call following the release of the assessment. …

The report (pdf) cites the “rapidly-changing resource mix” driven by President Joe Biden’s goal to “decarbonize” the U.S. electrical grid by 2035 as spurring a disjointed transition from oil, gas, and natural gas to renewable energies, such as wind, solar, and nuclear, before the grid can adjust and expand transmission capacities. …

‘No Surprises’ in Report

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Executive Director Greg R. White told The Epoch Times that while he had not done a deep dive on NERC’s assessment as yet, its warning of summer power outages contains “no surprises.”

“The pace in which we are closing fossil fuel plants is exceeding the pace that we are bringing new plants online,” White said. “If you are paying attention to what is going on in this industry, the industry has been saying the transition [from fossil fuels to renewables] would be challenging.” …

Grid Update

The regional grids most at risk are: the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), which manages grids in 15 states and the Canadian province of Manitoba; Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC) New England, which includes utilities in seven states and the Canadian provinces of Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia; SERC-Central, which spans 16 southeastern and south-central states; Southwest Power Pool (SPP), which includes utilities and transmission companies in 17 states; Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which supplies power to more than 25 million Texans and represents 90 percent of the state’s electric load; The Western Interconnection, which serves more than 80 million customers across all or part of 14 states, Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, and the northern reaches of Baja California in Mexico; and NPPC-Ontario.

According to NERC, all of the regional grids are expected to meet demands during normal operations. …

But the question here as well as in other regional grids, NERC maintains, is “wind generator performance during periods of high demand.” …

In NPCC-New England’s grid, emergency resources and supplies “from neighboring areas are likely to be needed during more extreme demand or low resource conditions” and in NPCC-Ontario, a planned offline refurbishment of a nuclear power plant and a “constrained transmission network” could cause power outages, with the Windsor-Essex area being particularly vulnerable, NERC said. …

In ERCOT’s grid,  NERC documented “strong growth in both resources and forecasted demand,” meaning that supply to the grid is adequate for normal operations but, with the infusion of green energies in the mix, has not been tested in a peak demand surge. …

Dual Bottleneck Looming

NARUC’s White noted that while NERC has identified nine “elevated risk” areas, this year’s pre-summer assessment has not designated any grids as being at “high risk” of going dark. …

The summers are getting hotter, White said, with heat waves causing power demand surges in areas where such events were rare. …

White said that utilities and transmission companies are finding it difficult “to keep up with the transition” and that financial pressures from a surge of investment into renewables is creating “some opportunities for arbitrage through using transmission.”

NERC’s assessment confirms what Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark Christie told the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee in a May 4 hearing.

“The United States is heading for a reliability crisis,” he said. “I do not use the term ‘crisis’ for melodrama but because it is an accurate description of what we are facing,” Christie said. “I think anyone would regard an increasing threat of system-wide, extensive power outages as a crisis.” …

The dual bottleneck of the grid’s limited transmission infrastructure and fossil fuel plants being retired at a rate faster than new plants using unreliable renewable energy sources are being built to replace them will have a lot of people paying attention to weather forecasts this summer, NMA’s Nolan said. …

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(Excerpt from The Epoch Times. Photo Credit: Canva)

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Lynn
May 25, 2023

GENERAL COMMENT OVER ALL THAT IS GOING ON INCLUDING THE GRID – First, 20 years ago Newt Gingrich and several others after him brought the fractured Grid issue before the Senate and House and they would do NOTHING to repair it. Therefore, many have the following view, experience and prayer over all of our country’s woes: Pray for discernment and for the wisdom of the sons of Issachar. As we have sought to be mindful of the times after the wake up call…post 9/11, many of us were yes, in denial…yes thankfully, many of us woke up during and after the prophetic warnings. We have watched and many have prayed as the “bad dream” goes on and does not go away. Thank God for the small/medium victories of the knee worn saints, no discounting that. HOWEVER, MANY have NOT VOTED GODLY…many PASTORS DO NOT and have NOT preached to their flocks to prepare them. Research “The Black Robe Regiment” to see how Godly Pastors during our Revolutionary War lead them flocks. Many do not get it that only falling on our faces before God rather than “hoping” for “the economy” to improve is our last hope to defer the inevitable. Now, we must walk forward as the Scripture unfolds, so we must intercede for HIS KINGDOM TO COME ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN. Many of us have, are, will loose our health, possessions, jobs, land, family, friends, and suffer J6 like (and worse) jail time because of false accusations/persecution and more. We each must individually count the costs, and choose to believe the whole Bible and enter into the sufferings of Christ which 9/10ths of the world’s true Remnant have, are, will. The Remnant that remains must focus on our inability and HIS all filling ability to get through. We must continue to fight the good fight as we are purified into the likeness of Christ even when we hate the stress and pain and “brat out” sometimes. After hundreds of the Father’s loving warnings…and promises “if you will do….I will take complete care of you”…this Nation has forsaken God even worse than Israel (yet we are so quick to judge our Brothers). Isaiah 62 Fast is ending on Pentecost Sunday, this Sunday. Very prophetic time. Pray and intercede for the peace of Jerusalem. Pray for Israel and the United States.

MN
May 24, 2023

I detest the way that “green energy” has been sold as “the answer”. Not saying it can’t help but instead of selling it as a “help”, it’s sold as an “all in”. Baloney. That’s a boldface lie. Green energy, for all it’s development & science, is expensive, not even close to reliable (especially in stress situations) as it’s being sold to be & it’s full of gov’t “control the population” interests. Certain worldwide control interests, largely supported by people carefully placed in our society & gov’t, relentlessly push/pass legislation WITHOUT the consent of the people. In other words, it’s being forced on you in the name of junk science while be sold to us via fear mongering “the climate, the climate”!!!. (odd how China or other 3rd world countries don’t have to abide by the same requirements nor do gov’t officials, the elite, etc.)
If it was really reliable, responsible leaders would work hand in hand with energy companies to ensure existing plants shut down “only” as new energy infrastructure has already been built, established & proven to be reliable. Instead, they do the polar opposite. ( check their stock options & kickbacks) And don’t kid yourselves – “existing energy plants” are continually upgraded “by law & policies” (gov’t required)…and shut down only when their operating application renewal is “denied” by who? – regional or federal gov’t officials.
The present costs for people to switch over (even with tax breaks) will keep about 95% of the population “in debt” for the rest of their lives. And when it comes to disposal of “renewables” – those selling & supporting it refuse to address it, in depth, because it’s such a severe problem with no concrete solutions. (and they refuse to address slave labor used in mining for their products)
As an example, I’ve researched multiple avenues for how much it would be to “switch over”. The costs are astronomical when you get done with “everyone & everything” involved. If you’re wealthy, then most everything is affordable. 95% of the population in the USA…is not wealthy.
A few months ago, scientists in CA made a breakthrough discovery regarding “fusion energy”, which would revolutionize energy, which included drastically reducing costs for consumers. As quickly as that announcement was made….we have heard “zip” from them since – because our gov’t (present corrupt administration) got involved.
Keep praying as God leads you to and especially ask God for discernment regarding “lying spirits”, which unfortunately have infiltrated the body of Christ way too much. “Be wise as serpents & gentle as doves”.

Math Tutor
May 21, 2023

The solution is to stop allowing the sale of “RECs” (Renewable Energy Certificates) in lieu of funding actual energy generation by traditional sources. REC’s degrade the available energy by defunding the reliable fossil fuel plants in favor of non-existent “green” energy.

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David
May 21, 2023

Folks, we need to be mediators between two extremes — We all know the Left exaggerates and uses cooked data for Green energy — But to be intelligent, as Ecclesiastes 7:18 says, “It’s good to take hold of one thing without letting go of the other.” One lie is that Green Energy strains the grid but that is just plain silly. No lie is of the Truth John says. The days of a centralized and thus susceptible grid with all eggs in one basket is over. Current reality is to NOT have all our eggs in one basket, but have individual clean energy stations and premise battery storage. Far, far less vulnerable to an attack and completely immune from blackouts, brownouts, and planned outages — also very handy during storms.

I am not against fuel or even coal — but it’s just not gonna happen. Haven’t we seen the election was stolen WHILE Trump was in office??? Even Elon Musk concedes that one thing he can’t do with electricity is launch rockets. Put Space Force in that category, and also missiles and tanks as well as most of the worlds shipping… We are trying to conserve a limited resource — OIL — by using it PRIMARILY what we absolutely need it for — PROPULSION — Not air conditioning, lights and driving around… This can be accomplished by using a supply source that can NEVER be depleted — Sunshine. I’m not even big on wind, I do like hydro — My Dad worked for Exxon over 30 yrs and I am in renewables 10 years — I saw this coming and am amazed others haven’t gotten in line with what we can control — If you get sun on your roof get solar and batteries now because they too are going up in price because Biden will not drill, renew leases, or stop roadblocking fuel. Wake up and fight the battles we can win, pray in align with battles we can win and preach the blood of Jesus, who is Lord!

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Victoria Z
May 20, 2023

Father, intervene, deliver us from evil, protect us during heatwaves Father raise up whistle blowers and deliverers with necessary influence, wisdom, and skills, to avoid cathostrophies that can interfere with people being able to survive the summer and do their jobs, and can interfere with food storage, grocery stores, hospitals, and law enforcement being able to do their jobs and provide services that depend on electricity. Thank you fir hearing us and answering our prayers.

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Nancy Berkey
May 20, 2023

My prayer is for God to surround warring angels around every power grid so that no one has to suffer anytime of the year. In Jesus’Holy Name. Amen☦️🙏

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David
May 20, 2023

Thanks for the heads up on the “scheduled” brown / black-outs. I’m looking into purchasing a generator just in case. They’re a good idea anyway since we’re entering hurricane season down here in Florida

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    Lynn
    May 25, 2023

    Make sure it is not a gas powered one. No grid = no electricity = no power to operate gas pumps and limited to no gas..

Wanda U
May 20, 2023

Lord, you are the God who makes all things possible ! We speak supernatural strengthening to the power grid. We decree No to summer outages! We thank you, Lord, for your Mercy each day and your Faithfulness in the Mighty Name of Jesus!

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    Lynn
    May 25, 2023

    The United States has several completely vulnerable areas where our multiple enemies are just waiting to attack with an EMP, resulting in a total “black-out”….years if ever to be restored. The government has known for years. The Father’s hand is the only thing holding all of this back. The only hope for a temporary reprieve is for the Remnant of the Church to completely surrender and repent. He would have, until the very last second pulled back His hand of judgement for Israel back in the day and will for us, but most pulpits are to “seeker friendly” or afraid to stand up and stand for total repentance and voting our values. America bless God, not God bless America.

Christine Stott
May 20, 2023

Lord, we pray for protection over our grid. Keep us safe this summer, God!

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Joy
May 20, 2023

Lord, I pray for wisdom, for our leaders to wake up to the Bold reality of what is going on around them. Most of them seem to be in a bubble, and the rest of us are too busy working to protest the way we need to. Most Americans are against removing the gas option and other fossil fuels, with the addition of electric cars and other mandates are great can just not handle this electronic Revolution. Without your wisdom we will fail and so will the grid, praying right now for the elections ahead and decisions made to be those that are for the safety and growth of our economy. You tell us in your word to take care of your creation and that includes people we need to take care of what is around us and not abuse it, or overuse it but we also need to use the things you’ve given us to survive and thrive in these times. We ask for your Supernatural protection over our country as we are being bombarded on multiple levels.

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    David
    May 20, 2023

    Folks, we need to be mediators between two extremes — We all know the Left exaggerates and uses cooked data for Green energy — But to be intelligent, as Ecclesiastes 7:18 says, “It’s good to take hold of one thing without letting go of the other.” One lie is that Green Energy strains the grid but that is just plain silly. No lie is of the Truth John says. The days of a centralized and thus susceptible grid with all eggs in one basket is over. Current reality is to NOT have all our eggs in one basket, but have individual clean energy stations and premise battery storage. Far, far less vulnerable to an attack and completely immune from blackouts, brownouts, and planned outages — also very handy during storms.

    I am not against fuel or even coal — but it’s just not gonna happen. Haven’t we seen the election was stolen WHILE Trump was in office??? Even Elon Musk concedes that one thing he can’t do with electricity is launch rockets. Put Space Force in that category, and also missiles and tanks as well as most of the worlds shipping… We are trying to conserve a limited resource — OIL — by using it PRIMARILY what we absolutely need it for — PROPULSION — Not air conditioning, lights and driving around… This can be accomplished by using a supply source that can NEVER be depleted — Sunshine. I’m not even big on wind, I do like hydro — My Dad worked for Exxon over 30 yrs and I am in renewables 10 years — I saw this coming and am amazed others haven’t gotten in line with what we can control — If you get sun on your roof get solar and batteries now because they too are going up in price because Biden will not drill, renew leases, or stop roadblocking fuel. Wake up and fight the battles we can win, pray in align with battles we can win and preach the blood of Jesus, who is Lord!

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