January 26, 2023
The winter storm of Dec. 23-25 produced an unexpectedly high demand for electricity. Despite the surprise, PJM, the 13-state power grid organization — thought it had plenty of reserve on hand.
But the power suppliers failed to deliver, leading to forced outages. Natural gas accounted for just over 70 % of the short supply.
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