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Your home’s cleaner, better heating system comes with one major cost: a rising threat of blackouts

American energy needs are changing. So far, the US power grid has been able to keep you warm.
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Editorial: After Hurricane Fiona, Puerto Rico faces a legacy of failure

Five years after one devastating hurricane, another has laid Puerto Rico low. The Biden administration needs to act to prevent past, and present, from becoming prologue to yet more suffering and dysfunction on the island.
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Western Power network overwhelmed during WA power outages, review finds

An independent review into widespread power outages over the Christmas period finds Western Power's network was unable to keep up with demand as Perth sweltered through multiple days over 40 degrees Celsius.
Texas power grid, strained last winter, now faces an early heat wave
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Texas power grid, strained last winter, now faces an early heat wave

Regulators have asked residents to start conserving energy after demand hit a June record just one week into the month.
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