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| There is no question that the US electrical grid has become more reliant upon Natural Gas generation.. its flexible.. can be flipped on (generally).. supposedly clean.. relatively green.. if you overlook the fracking part.
For these and other reasons it’s use has been growing.. but natty Gas is constrained by pipeline delivery capacity.. couple generation needs.. peak needs are usually summer.. with heating demands.. like now.. and you have a recipe for blackouts.
https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/natural-gas/use-of-natural-gas.p...
“Most U.S. natural gas use is for heating and generating electricity, but some consuming sectors have other uses for natural gas.
The electric power sector uses natural gas to generate electricity. In 2019, the electric power sector accounted for about 36% of total U.S. natural gas consumption, and natural gas was the source of about 31% of the U.S. electric power sector's primary energy consumption. Most of the electricity produced by the electric power sector is sold to and used by the other U.S. consuming sectors, and that electricity use is included in each sector’s total energy consumption. (The other consuming sectors also use natural gas to generate electricity, and they use nearly all of this electricity themselves. Natural gas accounted for 38% of total utility-scale U.S. electricity generation by all sectors in 2019.”
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This site updates blackouts..
https://poweroutage.us/
The perfect storm for outages
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How bout those Texas windmills?
