Infrastructure Failing: Power Grid Faltering as Grand Solar Minimum Intensifies - Prepare Now!

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Amid reports of blackouts from subscribers, Christian investigates regional reports from the US energy sector, exploring the effect of recent record cold temperatures resulting from the Grand Solar Minimum on our fragile power grid. As the Grand Solar Minimum intensifies, our infrastructure -- from generation through transmission to distribution -- is rapidly faltering.

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REFERENCES

Cold Winters Testing Limits of US Grid:
http://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/371145-cold-winters-are-testing-the-limits-of-us-energy-grid

South Carolina (SCE&G):
https://www.aikenstandard.com/news/frigid-weather-bursts-aiken-pipes-strains-sce-g-power-grid/article_eed99e94-efd0-11e7-9870-53d9a75ac35f.html
http://www.thestate.com/news/local/article13833497.html

North Carolina (Duke Energy Carolinas)
https://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/prnewswire/press_releases/North_Carolina/2018/01/08/CL83353

/Indiana (Duke Energy):
http://fox59.com/2018/01/11/last-weeks-arctic-blast-leads-to-winter-energy-usage-record-for-duke-energy/

Arkansas: (NAEC = North Arkansas Electric Coop)
http://uscms01.newsmemory.com/site/marioneveningtimes/2018/01/19/energy-use-spikes-as-frigid-temperatures-bring-the-chill/

Missouri / Louisiana: "almost went down on cold"
http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2018/01/17/electricity-usage-reaches-capacity-for-power-grid/

Texas: grid stayed up because it's rock solid due to AIR CONDITIONER USE. Look deeper, use was on par with MID AUGUST, which is peak demand on generation,
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/weather/2018/01/17/texas-brutal-cold-leads-record-electricity-use-rolling-blackouts-avoided

Florida: similar story:
http://www.wctv.tv/content/news/City-of-Tallahassee-using-record-high-energy-to-keep-residents-warm-470049153.html

DC-area : 3 record utilization days
http://www.dailylocal.com/article/DL/20180110/BUSINESS/180119990

ISO New England:
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2018/01/iso_new_england_power_plants_f.html

Fuel Security Study: blackouts to come:
https://www.iso-ne.com/committees/key-projects/operational-fuel-security-analysis

Spot price jumping -- this is what happens when assets for which there IS NO SUBSTITUTE -- like STAYING WARM, or EATING -- experience supply shortages:

And the storm also took out Pilgrim nuke plant:
https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pilgrim-nuke-goes-offline-as-northeast-buffeted-by-winter-storm/514135/

ISO New England has an "ISO Express"
https://www.iso-ne.com/isoexpress/

Excellent coverage of ISO-NE crunch during cold wave from this blogger:
https://yesvy.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-northeast-grid-and-oil.html

During January cold snap, US withdrew record Nat Gas from storage:
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=34512

Australia in their heatwave is also experiencing outages;
https://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idINKBN1FI0CO

We spoke already about Germany's grid being terrible shape.

China:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution-gas-trailers/stepping-on-the-gas-chinas-truckers-scramble-to-meet-lng-demand-idUSKBN1D70Q8
http://en.ce.cn/main/latest/201801/31/t20180131_27985333.shtml

thermal coal record price -- Record Winter demand on generation.
https://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idINL4N1PL3B1

*** related thread -- blaming energy prices / grid instability on crypto energy use ? or what is:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/cryptocurrencies-to-draw-more-power-from-the-grid-than-electric-cars-2018-01-10
https://www.naturalnews.com/2018-01-15-cryptocurrency-is-now-breaking-the-power-grid-of-a-u-s-county.html

and even Wall Street is betting on this thing going down, albeit in their case, betting on grid attack or cyberattack:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-17/wall-street-s-1-7-billion-bet-on-rising-risk-of-grid-attacks

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