Cold snap tests US power grid as outages spread
TL;DR
Winter Storm Fern knocked out power for more than a million customers across the South as frigid conditions loom, pressuring the electric grid. PJM projected record winter demand and the Energy Department allowed full operation of grid resources while utilities mobilized tens of thousands of workers; gas prices surged and authorities warned the system could remain stressed through the week amid ice and falling temps.
- Winter storm tests US electric grid as outages spread Politico
- Winter storm updates: Heavy snow and crippling ice spread across U.S.; at least 24 states issue emergency declarations Yahoo
- Power outages, school closures, frigid temperatures follow massive storm The Washington Post
- LIVE UPDATES: Winter Storm Fern Turns Deadly weather.com
- Winter Storm Drives U.S. Flight Cancellations to Pandemic-Level Numbers The New York Times
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