The largest U.S. grid covering providing nearly 70 million Americans electricity just issued an emergency warning about blackouts ahead of tomorrow's heat. 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-22/largest-us-grid-issues-energy-emergency-alert-for-monday-heat?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc1MDYxMjU5MCwiZXhwIjoxNzUxMjE3MzkwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTWTlNSEZEV1JHRzAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI4MDAwMzc0NzYwMUI0QjJCQkIwMERDQjhCRjhDOUE3RSJ9.VjMEtXWaygMTZq7yjXfkUilswZbw0H-W9EH3tl67X_8&leadSource=uverify%20wall

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Exactly why we need to modernize the grid so we can get to the place of phasing out dirty energy

It's really crazy to get rid of any source of energy at this particular moment in time.

And the Big Beautiful Bill is trying to kill solar and battery storage smh. The grid needs RESILIENCY and all forms of energy - phasing out with the ones that just burn for the ones that are RENEWABLE.  The systems tell us we have to keep burning to keep profit. Break it. When I was in solar my hope was that I would be phased out of a job because the grid was functional and modernized, and not get severed because of oil and gas oligarchs grasping at power and opportunity

Same! That's why this is exciting https://paragraph.com/@kaufman/new-york-orders-its-first-new-nuclear-plant-in-four-decades

Its beyond annoying how we cant rally and get big projects started and finished, the grid needs a refresh. I want big projects.

No retaliation from Iran needed.
Nature's power is enough to disrupt.