The United States power grid is at risk of a major blackout that could last up to 18 months, according to a new report. Concerns are heightened as one U.S. city has been without power for more than a week.
Jon Wellinghoff, former chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), told The New York Times Magazine that America’s aging infrastructure is badly outdated and potentially vulnerable to a coordinated attack. He first raised the alarm in 2013 after gunmen shot up 17 transformers at an electrical substation near San Jose, California
Wellinghoff said the FERC did an analysis that determined the U.S. power grid could be seriously disrupted if similar incidents targeted the 10 most important substations in the country’s three sections: Western, Eastern and Texas Interconnections. Substations are where multiple high-volate lines meet, routing electricity between power plants, transmission lines, and local neighborhoods
5 years to rebuild a substation is wild.
Which why in event of something catastrophic like a CME there would be hundreds of millions if not a billion or more dead.
We are not capable of restoring power infrastructure quickly.
Stop giving me reasons to never go to the US. I already don’t want to go.
The title is a bit misleading.
I’m kind of over all these articles saying the world is soaked in gasoline and someone is about to strike a match. I feel like every day for the past 10 years at least we have been on the verge of some societal collapse-level catastrophe and it never fucking happens. Quit edging the apocalypse and just get it over with. Let it burn so we can get to rebuilding better.
Concerns are heightened as one U.S. city has been without power for more than a week.
WHAT CITY?! Is it in the paywalled part of the article? Is it pure engagement bait? This news site is garbage.
I’m going to assume it’s Gary Indiana after reading this article. They had a huge storm with 99 mph winds
https://chicago.suntimes.com/weather/2026/08/19/gary-power-outage-deadly-storms
