{"id":472949,"date":"2022-07-11T22:37:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T19:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/living-with-climate-change-ercot-warning-5-electricity-blackout-risks-facing-the-entire-u-s-not-just-texas\/"},"modified":"2022-07-11T22:37:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T19:37:00","slug":"living-with-climate-change-ercot-warning-5-electricity-blackout-risks-facing-the-entire-u-s-not-just-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/living-with-climate-change-ercot-warning-5-electricity-blackout-risks-facing-the-entire-u-s-not-just-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"#Living With Climate Change: ERCOT warning: 5 electricity blackout risks facing the entire U.S., not just Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23fa01c6ff5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 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href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/living-with-climate-change-ercot-warning-5-electricity-blackout-risks-facing-the-entire-u-s-not-just-texas\/#Texas_has_a_unique_state-run_power_grid_but_its_issues_with_extreme_weather_and_balancing_natural_gas_and_wind_hold_lessons_for_an_entire_US_at_risk_for_power_outages_from_climate_change\" >Texas has a unique state-run power grid, but its issues with extreme weather, and balancing natural gas and wind, hold lessons for an entire U.S. at risk for power outages from climate change.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/living-with-climate-change-ercot-warning-5-electricity-blackout-risks-facing-the-entire-u-s-not-just-texas\/#Why_is_Texas_different\" >Why is Texas different?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/living-with-climate-change-ercot-warning-5-electricity-blackout-risks-facing-the-entire-u-s-not-just-texas\/#What_energy_sources_create_our_electricity\" >What energy sources create our electricity?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/living-with-climate-change-ercot-warning-5-electricity-blackout-risks-facing-the-entire-u-s-not-just-texas\/#Grid_repairs_are_long_overdue\" >Grid repairs are long overdue<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/living-with-climate-change-ercot-warning-5-electricity-blackout-risks-facing-the-entire-u-s-not-just-texas\/#EVs_heat_pumps_and_more_%E2%80%98green_stress\" >EVs, heat pumps and more \u2018green\u2019 stress<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/living-with-climate-change-ercot-warning-5-electricity-blackout-risks-facing-the-entire-u-s-not-just-texas\/#Why_do_we_have_to_prepare_for_more_weather_extremes\" >Why do we have to prepare for more weather extremes?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/living-with-climate-change-ercot-warning-5-electricity-blackout-risks-facing-the-entire-u-s-not-just-texas\/#Rachel_Koning_Beals\" >Rachel Koning Beals<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLiving_With_Climate_Change_ERCOT_warning_5_electricity_blackout_risks_facing_the_entire_US_not_just_Texas%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Living With Climate Change: ERCOT warning: 5 electricity blackout risks facing the entire U.S., not just Texas&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Texas_has_a_unique_state-run_power_grid_but_its_issues_with_extreme_weather_and_balancing_natural_gas_and_wind_hold_lessons_for_an_entire_US_at_risk_for_power_outages_from_climate_change\"><\/span>\n  Texas has a unique state-run power grid, but its issues with extreme weather, and balancing natural gas and wind, hold lessons for an entire U.S. at risk for power outages from climate change.<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div class=\"article__side\">\n<div class=\"container--sticky not-active\">\n<div id=\"cx-next\" data-nosnippet>\n              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0001015542\" role=\"document\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-layout=\"\n                inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetArticleReader\n              \n              inline\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetArticleReader\n              article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-object-article-reader\">\n<div class=\"audioplayer\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0001015542\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Listen to Article\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"articlereader\" data-show-title=\"false\" data-theme=\"wsj-article-reader\" data-show-header=\"false\" data-show-subscribe=\"false\" data-ads-enabled=\"true\" data-save-publication=\"false\">\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       The Texas electric grid operator called on companies and other consumers to voluntarily reduce power use on Monday as the risk of rolling blackouts from record-high demand to cool the state\u2019s nearly 29 million residents intensified. <\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       For sure, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (aka ERCOT) is unique, as the power grid system runs outside the main U.S. grids. And an above-average heat wave was predicted to cook the state; <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kvue.com\/article\/weather\/forecast\/monday-july-11-hottest-days-austin-history\/269-03d47423-a699-4f4e-b161-6e150ee67008\" class=\"icon none\">Austin could hit a mercury-buster near 107 degrees Monday<\/a>. Still, all Americans can learn from Texas about the fragility of a national power grid that is expected to be challenged more frequently by hot and cold weather extremes brought on by climate change. The grid will also be tested by increased demand to power electric vehicles (EVs) and conversions to electric heat pumps  \u2014  all as part of a transition to a \u201cgreener\u201d future.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Here are 5 things to know<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_is_Texas_different\"><\/span>Why is Texas different?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>ERCOT, the main, but not only, Texas grid, is\u00a0unique in its state-run, and not regional, format used by the rest of the country. Because it\u2019s an energy-rich state, Texas has been able to set power prices below those seen in other parts of the country, and its independence gives it more pricing authority. But during unusual strain on the system, such as more people blasting their air conditioners longer to combat a record heat wave, it also has no where else to turn.<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n                \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetTweet\n            inline\n    scope-web|mobileapps\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetTweet\n            article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n            iframe.twitter-tweet {\n                width: 100% !important;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ERCOT_ISO\/status\/1546517862264803328?s=20&amp;t=siXzyqgA7n1PFaDcVHbx4g\"><\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       A lethal winter power shortage in February 2021 notoriously put the state and its independent utility in the spotlight when ERCOT failed to keep residents warm and pipes from bursting. Texas\u2019s 2021 outage left more than 200 people dead and rang up $20 billion in damage. Fossil-fuel<br \/>\n        CL00,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/209723049\/delayed\" class=\"negative\">-0.96%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       backers pointed to the rising use of intermittent wind power, which generates 23% of Texas\u2019s electricity. Others said natural-gas equipment was frozen under the extreme conditions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> The 10 most expensive climate-change disasters of 2021 cost $170 billion \u2014 and this U.S. storm was No. 1<\/p>\n<p>This week, ERCOT is asking for voluntary conservation between 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. local time daily due to record high electricity demand from the projected heat wave, and also because of low wind. ERCOT said current projections show wind generation coming in at less than 10% of capacity. ERCOT stressed that no systemwide outages are expected, but it was acting preemptively.<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nerc.com\/pa\/RAPA\/ra\/Pages\/default.aspx\" class=\"icon none\">report<\/a>\u00a0late last year from the\u00a0North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) said the Texas system without upgrades could see a power shortfall of 37% in extreme winter conditions. NERC\u2019s outlook suggested the state and ERCOT\u00a0isn\u2019t prepared for a repeat of weather extremes.<\/p>\n<p>The typically temperate winter weather for much of the state left it unprepared for the shock of 2021; it is better prepared, state officials said at the time, to deal with heat. This week may test that claim.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: Texas power disaster may be strongest case yet for renewable energy<\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_energy_sources_create_our_electricity\"><\/span>What energy sources create our electricity?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Natural gas<br \/>\n        NG00,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/210189548\/delayed\" class=\"positive\">+6.64%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       is a main energy source to power electricity in Texas and elsewhere, replacing higher-polluting coal over several decades. Increasingly, wind power \u2014 especially in Texas, but elsewhere, too \u2014 and solar power is used for the electricity grid. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Read<\/strong>: Don\u2019t rule out natural gas in the clean-energy transition, trade group says<\/p>\n<p>Nuclear has been a small slice of American power, and advocates want more in use as the nation aims for zero greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years. Green hydrogen is also drawing investment to get up to scale.<\/p>\n<p>A push to more renewable sources is seen vital to meeting a U.S. goal to half polluting emissions by 2030 and hit net zero emissions by 2050, goals that are aligned with much of the rest of the industrialized world.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, emissions of atmosphere-warming CO2 by the U.S. electric power sector were about 32% of total energy-related CO2\u00a0emissions, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/tools\/faqs\/faq.php?id=77&amp;t=11#:~:text=How%20much%20of%20U.S.%20carbon,emissions%20of%204%2C872%20(MMmt).\" class=\"icon none\">the Energy Department says.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trade groups and lobbyists from each energy source make their respective cases: green groups say the U.S. can\u2019t switch to solar, wind<br \/>\n        ICLN,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/205740995\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-2.78%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       and hydrogen fast enough, while gas and oil interests say U.S. energy independence and costs to businesses and consumers matter, and they push for <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgrid.com\/stories\/energy-explained\/what-is-ccs-how-does-it-work\" class=\"icon none\">carbon emissions capture and storage<\/a> and other still-young <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Price competition among traditional and alternative energy sources are getting closer to a level playing field. From 2009 through 2021, the prices of wind and solar power have decreased by as much as 72% and 90%, respectively, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lazard.com\/perspective\/levelized-cost-of-energy-levelized-cost-of-storage-and-levelized-cost-of-hydrogen\/\" class=\"icon none\">a report from Lazard found<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has set a goal of decarbonizing the U.S. power sector\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2021\/04\/22\/fact-sheet-president-biden-sets-2030-greenhouse-gas-pollution-reduction-target-aimed-at-creating-good-paying-union-jobs-and-securing-u-s-leadership-on-clean-energy-technologies\/\" class=\"icon none\">by 2035<\/a>.\u00a0Only recently, the Supreme Court ruled to limit the EPA\u2019s role in combating climate change with its oversight of power utilities.<\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Grid_repairs_are_long_overdue\"><\/span>Grid repairs are long overdue<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Regardless of power source, the system itself is showing its age. The U.S. Department of Energy found that\u00a070% of U.S. transmission lines are more than 25 years old in the agency\u2019s most recent network-infrastructure review, held back in 2015. Lines typically have a 50-year lifespan. <\/p>\n<p>The average age of large power transformers, which handle 90% of U.S. electricity flow, is more than 40 years, that report found.<\/p>\n<p>Some estimates put the price tag on an electricity grid overhaul <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/investigates\/special-report\/usa-renewables-electric-grid\/#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Department%20of%20Energy,is%20more%20than%2040%20years.\" class=\"icon none\">at upwards of $2 trillion<\/a>. And agreeing on repairs is complicated by the web of state, regional and federal regulatory hurdles to consider.<\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"EVs_heat_pumps_and_more_%E2%80%98green_stress\"><\/span>EVs, heat pumps and more \u2018green\u2019 stress<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Advocates for greater EV adoption<br \/>\n        TSLA,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/203558040\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-6.62%<\/bg-quote><\/p>\n<p>        RIVN,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/230726939\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-6.50%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       and sw<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ing, for instance, gas-powered cook stoves and furnaces for electric options, realize any consumer-level \u201cgreen\u201d push will only be truly climate-friendly if the electricity grid gets \u201cgreener\u201d at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>That means there are still growing pains when it comes to flexible use during peak and slower grid-use times, power storage and other factors. <\/p>\n<p>According to Charles Kutscher\u00a0and Jeffrey Logan, both of the Renewable &amp; Sustainable Energy Institute at the\u00a0University of Colorado Boulder, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/a-21st-century-reinvention-of-the-electric-grid-is-crucial-for-solving-the-climate-change-crisis-173631\" class=\"icon none\">there are basically three ways to accommodate the variability of wind and solar energy<\/a> when used for the power grid: storage, such as with lithium batteries; deploying power generation in a coordinated fashion across a wide area of the country along with more transmission; and managing electricity demand to better match the supply. <\/p>\n<p>Transmission studies have shown that\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nrel.gov\/analysis\/seams.html\" class=\"icon none\">stronger interconnection among the country\u2019s three primary power grids<\/a>\u00a0(there are seven grids in total) will be highly beneficial, as will making all our buildings, which use 74% of U.S. electricity, way more efficient.<\/p>\n<p>If Texas and the rest of the nation want to reduce the risk of blackouts, growth in all these areas is essential.<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n                \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n          media-object\n          type-InsetMediaIllustration\n            inline\n  article__inset\n          article__inset--type-InsetMediaIllustration\n            article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"\n        media-object-image\n        enlarge-image\n        img-inline\n        article__inset__image\n      \" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:39.714285714285715%;\" data-subtype=\"photo\" class=\"image-container  responsive-media article__inset__image__image\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-581138?width=540&amp;size=2.5147347740667976 540w, https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-581138?width=620&amp;size=2.5147347740667976 620w, https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-581138?width=639&amp;size=2.5147347740667976 639w, https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-581138?width=700&amp;size=2.5147347740667976 700w, https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-581138?width=700&amp;size=2.5147347740667976&amp;pixel_ratio=1.5 1050w, https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-581138?width=700&amp;size=2.5147347740667976&amp;pixel_ratio=2 1400w, https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-581138?width=700&amp;size=2.5147347740667976&amp;pixel_ratio=3 2100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 100vw, (max-width: 979px) 620px, (max-width: 1299px) 540px, 700px\" src=\"https:\/\/images.mktw.net\/im-581138?width=700&amp;height=278\" alt=\"\" title=\"\">\n      <\/div><figcaption class=\"wsj-article-caption article__inset__image__caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n          <span class=\"wsj-article-credit article__inset__image__caption__credit\" itemprop=\"creator\"><br \/>\n            Each circle shows at least one billion-dollar weather event, while red states reveal billion-dollar droughts, all between January 2000 and January 2022. Source:\u00a0National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration\u2019s National Climatic Data Center and the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions.<br \/>\n          <\/span><br \/>\n  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_do_we_have_to_prepare_for_more_weather_extremes\"><\/span>Why do we have to prepare for more weather extremes?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p> No doubt, electricity has made our lives easier and extended how long we might live, period. But burning fossil fuels for power is heating up Earth, making the typical hurricanes, droughts, floods and extreme heat and cold more frequent, not to mention pushing into areas unaccustomed to temperatures challenging the top and bottom ends of a range.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just this dangerous weather \u2014 aggravated by our electricity emissions \u2014 that puts added stress on the power grid. It\u2019s a worrisome cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists are detecting a stronger link between the planet\u2019s warming and its changing weather patterns. Though it can be hard to pinpoint whether climate change intensified a particular weather event, the trajectory is clear \u2014 we are experiencing hotter heat waves, drier droughts, bigger storm surges and greater snowfall, the Environmental Defense Fund says.<\/p>\n<p>Even snowier, colder winters like the storm that shocked Texas can be linked to global warming. Why? There is more moisture in the warmer atmosphere. So even when the temperatures are below freezing, snowfall or freezing rain can break records.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, scientists are studying a possible connection between a warming Arctic and cold spells in the eastern U.S. The idea is that a rapidly warming Arctic can weaken the jet stream, allowing frigid polar air to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> farther south.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edf.org\/climate\/climate-change-and-extreme-weather\" class=\"icon none\">Read more about several types of extreme weather from the EDF<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>    <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author mobile-scrim hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Rachel Koning Beals\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"bio\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/author\/rachel-koning-beals\",\"text\":\"Biography\"},{\"type\":\"link\",\"icon\":\"email\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/mailto:rbeals@marketwatch.com\",\"text\":\"rbeals@marketwatch.com\"}]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Rachel_Koning_Beals\"><\/span>Rachel Koning Beals<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><ufc-follow-author-widget product=\"marketwatch\" author-id=\"162_MW\" author-name=\"Rachel Koning Beals\" signin-url=\"https:\/\/accounts.marketwatch.com\/login?target=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketwatch.com%2Fstory%2Fercot-warning-5-electricity-blackout-risks-facing-the-entire-u-s-not-just-texas-11657561733%3Frss%3D1%26siteid%3Drss\" panda-api=\"https:\/\/follow-api.marketwatch.com\"><\/ufc-follow-author-widget><\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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