Action needed: The silhouettes of wind turbines are seen at sunset in Milford, Iowa. Trump’s National Energy Emergency declaration and executive orders detail a long list of interconnected problems dogging a grid vulnerable to fuel shortages. — Bloomberg
PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s oversight of an increasingly unreliable US power grid requires swift action, he says, but there is no easy fix for one of the grid’s most complex and troubled areas: long-distance transmission lines.
Trump’s National Energy Emergency declaration and executive orders detail a long list of interconnected problems dogging an electric grid vulnerable to fuel shortages, soaring demand and an increasing number of wild weather events.
