Bundle Up For Coal-Killer John Kerry’s Cold, Dark Winter
When your lights flicker and your heat fails this winter, remember to thank a climate czar.When your lights flicker and your heat fails this winter, remember to thank a climate czar.Wind Farms Don’t Just Hurt The Environment And Boost China, They’re Ugly As Sin
People don't like wind farms. That gut feeling points toward the truth: Wind turbines are not only wasteful and dangerous, but ugly as sin.Mark Levin turns the tables on past presidents who actually surrendered US information to enemies
Leftist conspiracy theorists continue to argue that Trump should be indicted for a so-called potential information breach that could have resulted from storing classified documents at his home in Mar-a-Lago.
Mark Levin pushed back, pointing to past incidents when former presidents actually surrendered America's highest technologies to our enemies and information to our enemies. Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden are simply a few presidents investigated for lax security, compromised technical information, and terrorism-related stigmas that presented a potential danger. Watch as Mark turns the “What if?” scenario on its ear and shows precisely what the last three Democratic presidents have done to jeopardize our security and safety.
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California Dems: Buy EVs But Don’t Charge Them
California residents are still braced for rolling blackouts this week as a late-summer heat wave grips the western United States.Yes, Biden’s War On The Oil And Gas Industry Is Driving Shortages And High Prices
Destructive policies and rhetoric have caused producers and investors to approach new oil and gas projects with extreme caution.Gas Prices Have More Than Doubled Since Biden Took Office
According to AAA travel agency, the nationwide average for a gallon of regular unleaded reached a new record of $4.87 on Monday.
Americans Bracing For Summer Blackouts Better Hope For Tame Hurricanes
Today marks the first official day of hurricane season, and with it, new risks to a power grid already on edge.Blackouts, high energy prices expected in summer of pain
Several parts of North America are at a high risk of having blackouts this summer because of expected high temperatures, droughts, and ongoing supply chain issues, the North American Electric Reliability Corp warned in a reliability assessment this week.
Residents of Austin, Texas, had a preview of what's to come earlier this month, when a spring heat wave left thousands without power for several hours.
The problem is supply and demand. Scorching summer heat in parts of Texas and California could increase demand for energy for air conditioning, which would put more stress on an already strained power grid.
On the supply side, electricity generation and transmission projects across the country have been put on hold because of "product unavailability, shipping delays, and labor shortages," the assessment said. Extreme drought in the western United States makes it more difficult for hydro generators to produce electricity, complicating supply problems.
"In the Western Interconnection, the widespread drought and below-normal snowpack has the potential to lead to lower than average output from hydro generators, threatening the availability of electricity for transfers throughout the Interconnection. In Texas, wide-area heat events coupled with drought can lead to higher than expected peak electricity demand and tighter reserve conditions," NERC said.
Meanwhile, in the Midcontinent ISO, a power grid that supplies energy in the Midwest from Louisiana to the Great Lakes region, a key transmission line connecting the northern and southern areas will be out of service in the start of summer because it was damaged by a tornado in December. NERC projects that the north and central areas of this region will face a capacity shortfall of 2.3% from last year.
On top of the risks posed by extreme weather, the assessment found that coal-fired power plants are having difficulty obtaining fuel because of supply chain issues as well. And another risk is that power grid infrastructure is vulnerable to cyber security threats from Russia and other U.S. adversaries.
High demand for electricity, constrained supply, and bad weather — it's a recipe for disaster.
"Grid operators in affected areas will need all available tools to keep the system in balance this summer," said Mark Olson, the manager of reliability assessments for NERC. "Over the longer term, system planners and resource adequacy stakeholders need to keep potentially abnormal weather conditions like these in mind so that we continue to have a reliable and resilient bulk power system.”
Aside from the elevated risk of blackouts, American consumers everywhere should expect higher energy costs because of constrained supply and increased demand. The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently estimated there will be a 3.9% increase in the price of electricity for U.S. households this summer. By summer's end, Americans are expected to spend 0.9% more for electricity than in summer 2021, Fox Business reports.
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LIGHTS OUT: How Democrats are creating an American energy CRISIS
The European energy crisis is coming to America. Progressives have always had an unhealthy infatuation with Europe. Nowhere is that more evident than in the insane obsession with the green transformation of energy. Glenn details that when major EU nations decided to transition suddenly away from fossil fuels, it caused them to rely even more on Russian oil, coal, and natural gas to provide their backup when the sun doesn’t shine enough or the wind stops blowing. That arrangement worked fine while Vladimir Putin played his long con. But now that Russia has turned off the gas tap, European energy prices are skyrocketing, governments are scrambling and hemorrhaging money, and citizens are starting to protest. California is imitating and even trying to one-up Europe with its green initiatives under Gavin Newsom, and the Biden administration has handed California an outsized leadership role in directing energy policy for the whole U.S. If environmental zealots in the Democratic Party get their way, it is LIGHTS OUT for the American way of life as we know it.
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