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THOUSANDS COULD DIE WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT ACROSS AMERICA THIS WEEK

34m | Sep 2, 2026

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In Shepard Ambellas Show Episode 912, Shep breaks down the escalating blackout threat as a brutal heat wave slams the largest U.S. electric grids, with the Department of Energy warning of heightened outage risks across the PJM Interconnection serving 67 million people from Washington D.C. to Chicago and MISO projecting near-record demand of 121 gigawatts in the Midwest and South. Officials have already authorized last-resort backup generation to avoid Level 3 energy emergency alerts and rotating blackouts while temperatures soar above 90 degrees in major cities and rural co-ops plead with customers to cut power use. We examine how a widespread grid failure during extreme heat could leave millions without air conditioning, water, communications, or medical support, potentially claiming thousands of lives among the elderly, sick, and isolated, while questioning whether aging infrastructure, soaring demand, and policy failures have left America one hot day away from catastrophe.

Related article: https://www.aol.com/articles/blackout-risk-rises-heat-wave-114819000.html



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