The dangerous heat wave gripping the eastern United States is already knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people, and emergency officials are warning that the worst of the heat and grid stress is not over.
According to CNN reporting from July 3, more than 200,000 customers were without power Thursday evening as the heat wave intensified, including at least 19,000 Con Edison customers in the New York City metro area. The U.S. Department of Energy issued emergency grid orders allowing the PJM Interconnection to curtail data centers and waive power plant emissions limits through July 3 — measures that reflect how close to the edge the grid is operating.
