Extreme heat, hurricanes, wildfires: How summer's extremes disrupt the power grid
2024-07-29 20:36:33
Every second of every day, utilities monitor the flow of power through the nation's electric grid, monitoring whether power generated matches power demanded by homes, businesses, vehicles and more. For every disruption—a substation outage, a felled utility pole, a generator failure—grid operators must work quickly to ensure that power goes where it's needed.