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10.02.26 - 16:45
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Winter Storm Triggers $15 Billion Power Surge On Key U.S. Grid (ZeroHedge)
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Winter Storm Triggers $15 Billion Power Surge On Key U.S. Grid
A brutal January cold snap sent electricity prices soaring across the largest U.S. power grid, as operators scrambled to meet surging heating demand and prevent outages, according to Bloomberg.
On the PJM Interconnection system — which supplies power to roughly one-fifth of Americans — wholesale electricity costs reached $15.38 billion for the month, more than double the $7.34 billion recorded a year earlier, according to Joe Bowring of Monitoring Analytics LLC.
The early figures suggest households could soon face higher utility bills, a sensitive political issue after energy prices influenced several gubernatorial races last year. The spike came alongside sharply rising natural gas prices, which hit multi-year highs across much of the East Coast and set records in some regions.
Bloomberg writes that despite the strain, the grid largely held up during the extreme weather. “happy surprise,” said Judy Chang of the Federal Ene...
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08.02.26 - 10:33
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Selenskyj: AKWs produzieren nach Angriffen weniger Strom (DPA-AFX)
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KIEW (dpa-AFX) - Infolge heftiger russischer Raketenangriffe auf wichtige Umspannwerke und Hochspannungsleitungen produzieren ukrainische Atomkraftwerke weniger Strom. "Ein Reaktor schaltete sich automatisch ab. Das ist ein Niveau von Angriffen, das sich ......
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