America's largest power grid operator, PJM, urged customers to reduce electricity use amid a severe heatwave. Generator outages and overloaded transmission lines strained the system, pushing spot power prices to over $2,500 per MWh. PJM took emergency measures to prevent blackouts, even curtailing exports to neighboring regions as demand neared record highs. This highlights ongoing challenges in modernizing the grid.

La orden del Departamento de Energía activa mecanismos especiales para forzar el despacho de plantas y asegurar el suministro de 67 millones de personas ante picos de demanda…

Tens of thousands of customers are already without electricity, and more storms are threatening to knock out power in parts of the Midwest.