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Severe Weather Strains US Grid as Fix Awaits Congress
Original: Severe Weather Keeps Stress-testing Our Grid; The Fix is Waiting on Congress
Severe weather events keep stress-testing the American power grid, exposing vulnerabilities in transmission and generation capacity. According to commentary in energy trade press, the structural fixes needed to harden and expand the grid are stalled because legislation is waiting on Congress. Lawmakers have yet to act on reforms that would improve resilience against storms, heat waves and other extreme conditions that increasingly strain electricity supply.
Why now: Recent extreme weather events have renewed attention on grid reliability and pending congressional action.
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