Summer Has Long Stressed Electric Grids. Now Winter Does, Too.
Briefly

We're seeing both summer and winter peaks growing, but we're seeing winter peaks growing faster, said Jim Robb, chief executive of the reliability corporation. The demand curve just shoots up very, very quickly.
A major contributor in the winter is the increasing use of electricity to power heaters at homes and businesses that previously used oil or gas furnaces.
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