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).