Obscure Research Blog May Archive

Blackouts and brownouts are coming this summer, and will get worse

--Don't Panic, but the Grid's Going Down--

Blackouts, "loss of load expectation" as a power company euphonium, and brownouts are likely this summer and will become more frequent in the future.

"... the possibility of blackouts and brownouts this summer remains. 'A summer power outage is enough of a possibility that Wall Street firms should make sure to be prepared,' warns Neil Katkov, research director at Celent."

"...Con Ed agrees that New York's energy grid needs new sources of energy generation. But it's politically unpopular to discuss putting [in] a power plant..."

Source: Power Management Design Line.