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El Niño threatens U.S. power grid as renewables reshape electricity supply

A strengthening El Niño could test whether the grid's growing solar, wind and battery capacity makes it more resilient or vulnerable.

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What to know

  • A powerful El Niño is strengthening in the tropical Pacific and expected to shift U.S. electricity supply and demand this winter.
  • The grid now has substantially more solar, wind, and battery storage than during the previous major El Niño, making this event a test of grid resilience.
  • The outcome will show whether renewable energy expansion has strengthened or exposed new vulnerabilities in the power system.

“The U.S. power grid has far more solar, wind and battery storage than during the last major El Niño, and the ongoing event could reveal whether that changing energy mix has made the grid more resilient or left it vulnerable in new ways.”

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Rebecca Falconer Axios reporter

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    Axios reports powerful El Niño poses grid challenges

    A very strong El Niño is strengthening in the tropical Pacific and is expected to bring major shifts in electricity supply and demand across the U.S. this winter, posing new challenges for utilities managing a grid with far more solar, wind and battery storage than during the last major El Niño.

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