NYTIMES (Christopher Cox) - The Blackout That Could Devastate America
The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years.
ABCNEWS - 'Stretched to the limit': Heat wave prompts US electrical grid emergency
The U.S. Department of Energy has declared an emergency as a heat wave bears down on a huge part of the nation's electrical grid.
NYTIMES (Brad Plumer) - Grids Are Surviving the Storm. But the Next 5 Years Could Be Rough.
A group that monitors the U.S. electricity system warns that grid reliability is “worsening” and blackout risks are rising for millions of people.