Power Grid Emergency Declared Across 13 U.S. States
October 13th, 2026Via: Daily Mail:
A power grid emergency affecting more than 60 million Americans has been declared as the US government scrambles to prevent outages across several states.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a short-term emergency order under the Federal Power Act, allowing regional power grid operator PJM Interconnection to push past normal pollution limits to keep the lights on.
PJM manages electricity for residents in Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington DC.
The emergency order went into effect on Tuesday and is expected to last through Friday due to a sudden and unseasonably warm spike in temperatures.
