POLITICO Energy

How America’s power grid is holding up against the heat

Episode Summary

The nation’s power system navigated the first major heatwave of the year relatively smoothly, but experts warn that there are still outage risks this summer. POLITICO’s Catherine Morehouse breaks down how the grid held up recently and if it can repeat that success as summer rolls on. Plus, the Chemical Safety Board released new recommendations in response to an incident at an Ohio refinery in 2022 that killed two people. For more news on energy and the environment, subscribe to Power Switch, our free evening newsletter: https://www.politico.com/power-switch And for even deeper coverage and analysis, read our Morning Energy newsletter by subscribing to POLITICO Pro: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter-archive/morning-energy Catherine Morehouse is an energy reporter for POLITICO. Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO. Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. Annie Rees is the managing producer for audio at POLITICO. Gloria Gonzalez is the deputy energy editor for POLITICO. Matt Daily is the energy editor for POLITICO.

Episode Notes

The nation’s power system navigated the first major heatwave of the year relatively smoothly, but experts warn that there are still outage risks this summer. POLITICO’s Catherine Morehouse breaks down how the grid held up recently and if it can repeat that success as summer rolls on. Plus, the Chemical Safety Board released new recommendations in response to an incident at an Ohio refinery in 2022 that killed two people.

 

For more news on energy and the environment, subscribe to Power Switch, our free evening newsletter: https://www.politico.com/power-switch

And for even deeper coverage and analysis, read our Morning Energy newsletter by subscribing to POLITICO Pro: https://subscriber.politicopro.com/newsletter-archive/morning-energy

 

Catherine Morehouse is an energy reporter for POLITICO. 

Josh Siegel is an energy reporter for POLITICO. 

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Annie Rees is the managing producer for audio at POLITICO.

Gloria Gonzalez is the deputy energy editor for POLITICO. 

Matt Daily is the energy editor for POLITICO.