Johns Hopkins report urges strategic power islanding to cut blackout risk
philvenables · x · 2026-09-08
Phil Venables highlights a Johns Hopkins report advocating strategic power islanding across the Eastern, Western, and Texas interconnects to reduce extended blackout risk — critical given black-start grids can take weeks or months, and AI-driven demand is surging.
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