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tens of millions of americans under heat advisories and warnings right now is putting power grids across the country to the test. the good news is so farther holding up, but with so many people staying inside, cranking those acs to stay cool, several grid operators are putting out alerts and in some cases asking customers to conserve electricity during peak hours. in fact, the largest grid operator in the u.s., pjm interconnection, they ve issued an emergency energy alert, calling on all power plants to operate at full capacity. some in the industry say heat waves like this one highlight problems with president biden s energy policy. the biden administration is introducing policies that could limit coal and gas-fired power plants in order to speed up the transition to green energy, and at the same time, electricity demand is going up, not just because we re using our air conditioners, but also because we re electrifying cars and
joey: welcome back, record high temperatures are putting our energy to the test. live from capitol hill with more on this. grady. good morning, they don t call it the swamp for nothing, more than half of americans are under some sort of heat advisory or warning. you are right, that is putting power grids to the test. so far, they are holding up. with so many people staying inside and cranking their ac s, to stay cool, several grid operators are putting out alerts and asking customers to conserve electricity during peak hours. largest pjm interkeksz issued emergency energy alert calling
across the country. national weather service says more than 180 million people are under heat alerts today. grady trimble is live in washington. the biggest thing we are going to dread is blackouts, of course. how concerned are officials about that? we talked to one expert who tells us blackouts are not out of the question. whether we actually see them or not, there is no doubt this extreme heat is putting power grids across the country to the test. the good news is, being so farther holding up. but with so many people staying inside cranking those a.c.s to stay cool, several grid operators are putting out alerts and in some cases they are asking customers to conserve electricity during peak hours. the largest grid operator in the country, pgm interconnection has issued an emergency energy alert, calling on all power plants to operate at full capacity.
Thousands of homes in Alameda, Healdsburg, Palo Alto and other Northern California cities lost power Tuesday evening following miscommunication about rolling blackouts.