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Power Grids Are Teetering Worldwide. Here’s Why. (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 1 year ago by dirtmayor@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.fmhy.ml 16 points 1 year ago

Or maybe power grids are teetering because utilities raked in profit for the last two decades by ignoring upgrades that would obviously be necessary... Just a thought :)

My utility sells $400 Wi-Fi touchscreen thermostats for like $25, the catch being you let them turn your AC down/off when grid load peaks. A few truckloads of thermostats are cheaper than grid upgrades, so they do the thermostats and kick the can down the road more.