Scorching heat stresses US power grids, prices soar
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/us-grid-operator-pjm-declares-level-one-emergency-amid-scorching-heat-2023-07-27/?taid=64c243d2b68e980001a2d243
U.S. power prices rose to their highest in months in a couple of markets as homes and businesses cranked up their air conditioners to escape a brutal heatwave blanketing much of the country this week, stressing electric grids.
PJM Interconnection, the biggest U.S. electric grid operator, issued a level one emergency alert for Thursday as people crank up air conditioners to stave off the heat wave.
The areas, parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.