New England Grid Warns Residents to Curb Energy Use in Extreme Cold

We spotted a story about comments from the New England electric grid manager, ISO New England (ISO-NE), that made us do a double-take. Bloomberg reports the grid manager's comments under this headline: "New England May Ask Residents to Curb Energy in Extreme Cold." The article keys on comments made by ISO-NE that say if there is a bad cold snap, or an extended cold spell, residents in New England will be asked to reduce their energy use so as to keep natural gas flowing to electric generating power plants. Otherwise, the grid will crash, and there will be blackouts. Is anyone else scratching their head at this one?

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