Why the Midwest worries about future blackouts

Why the Midwest worries about future blackouts

08/08/2022

Tightening electricity supplies across the Midwest are a problem a decade in the making. And it may take nearly that long to solve it.

In the meantime, the possibility of widespread, Texas-style outages caused by a lack of adequate generating reserves — however remote — has state regulators asking questions of the region’s grid operator, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO).

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