“For millions of Americans impacted by a seemingly endless onslaught of weather and climate disasters, 2023 has hit a new record for many extremes,” said NOAA Chief Scientist Sarah Kapnick. “Record warm U.S. temperatures in December, a record-setting number of U.S. billion- dollar disasters in 2023, and potentially the warmest year on record for the planet are just the latest examples of the extremes we now face that will continue to worsen due to climate change.” (Yale Climate Connections)
It is vitally important to remember that according to the DOE, 90% of customer power outages are caused by weather, mostly due to downed distribution lines. There is little that your utility can do about this and as the grid ages, its susceptibility to outages increases. This is of course compounded by the fact that extreme weather is on the rise and forecasted to continue to increase.
Our lives and economy rely on reliable power. Unfortunately, it is getting less reliable and the reliability is expected to continue to degrade at least for the next decade as we go through the energy transition. This should be a wake-up call for all organizations to take action and become resilient through on-site power generation, either prime, CHP, backup power or batteries. Exergy Energy, your concierge utility, can make you resilient with on-site power with no CAPEX. We provide energy-as-a-service, and typically our solutions save money compared to what you are currently spending.
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