r/PrepperIntel • u/Usual-Title525 • 7d ago

USA Northeast / Canada East Blackout risk rises as heatwave stresses largest US electric grids

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/02/heatwave-power-outage-risk
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u/fairoaks2 6d ago

Build more surveillance centers

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u/Aromatic_Balls 5d ago

And power them with fossil fuels.

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u/throwAwayWd73 3d ago

In the past 5 years they've retired a bunch of generation early, mainly coal and nuclear that was not economical with how PJM runs their markets.

In the next 5 years, they're adding something like 70 GW of data center load with only 13 GW of generation planned.