Blackouts Likely as Push to Replace Fossil Fuels With Unreliable Tech Imperils Grid, Regulator Warns

Blackouts Likely as Push to Replace Fossil Fuels With Unreliable Tech Imperils Grid, Regulator Warns
Steam rises from the Miller coal Power Plant in Adamsville, Ala., on April 13, 2021. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Bryan Jung
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Frequent blackouts throughout the United States would become more likely if the drive to replace fossil fuels with unreliable “green” energy goes through, warned a federal regulatory official.

The Biden administration’s policy to replace traditional sources of energy with wind and solar would push the national power grid to the brink of a double crisis, said Mark Christie, a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Bryan Jung
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Bryan S. Jung is a native and resident of New York City with a background in politics and the legal industry. He graduated from Binghamton University.
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