Listener Picks: The Electric Grid and Climate Change

Published: Jan. 11, 2023, 4:39 p.m.

b'Power utilities are moving away from coal and natural gas power plants and embracing renewable energy sources like hydro, wind, and solar.

But it\'s a slow turnaround. In the meantime, as floods, droughts, freezes, and heatwaves become more prevalent in the face of climate change, they\'re adding further stress to the already-fragile power grid.

What does the power grid of the future look like?

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