Day: November 3, 2025

Ottawa County needs to unite around locally controlled electric at a time the CEO of NERC says we have a five-alarm fire with our national gridOttawa County needs to unite around locally controlled electric at a time the CEO of NERC says we have a five-alarm fire with our national grid

“We must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” Our national electric grid is under intense pressure, with reliable generating capacity not keeping up with rising demand, such as from data centers. If we have learned anything these last several years, it is that we cannot trust the electric utility monopoly […]

CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Corp. says we have a five-alarm fire with our electric gridCEO of the North American Electric Reliability Corp. says we have a five-alarm fire with our electric grid

“Energy regulators and executives are warning that the build-out of artificial intelligence data centers has significantly increased the risk of electricity disruptions and blackouts…“The reliability of the power grid remains extremely high, but paradoxically, the risks to reliability continue to mount,” said Jim Robb, president and CEO of the North American Electric Reliability Corp., the […]