US utilities urged to boost climate resilience or risk blackouts

James Murray
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White House report warns that power outages caused by extreme weather are costing the US between $18bn and $33bn a year

The US energy industry needs to deliver a major improvement in the resilience of its power grids or risk ever-more frequent weather-related blackouts, which are already costing the economy between $18bn...

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