Post by papaof2 on Nov 25, 2023 7:28:18 GMT -6
The U.S. electrical grid has been plagued by more and worse blackouts over the past 15 years. In an average year, outages total 92 minutes per year in the Midwest and 214 minutes in the Northeast. Japan, by contrast, averages only 4 minutes of interrupted service each year.
www.nooutage.com/images/Outages-Spectrum201101.gif
Data was analyzed from the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA) and from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC). Each five-year period was worse than the preceding one.
spectrum.ieee.org/energy/policy/us-electrical-grid-gets-less-reliable
www.nooutage.com/images/Outages-Spectrum201101.gif
Data was analyzed from the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA) and from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC). Each five-year period was worse than the preceding one.
spectrum.ieee.org/energy/policy/us-electrical-grid-gets-less-reliable