John Ainger

The biggest U.S. power grid is warning that data centers may face involuntary outages under a plan to avert widespread blackouts and protect residential ratepayers from electricity price spikes.

The biggest U.S. power grid is warning that data centers may face involuntary outages under a plan to avert widespread blackouts and protect residential ratepayers from electricity price spikes.

Meant as a backstop, the plants are in constant use as demand rises, with no relief in sight for the strained grid.

The Narrows and Gowanus plants on the East River are both more than 50 years old and are New York's last line of defense against blackouts.

As another spell of intense heat gripped New York City last month, two floating power stations off Brooklyn's Sunset Park heaved into life.

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As another spell of intense heat gripped New York City last month, two floating power stations off Brooklyn's Sunset Park heaved into life.

As another spell of intense heat gripped New York City last month, two floating power stations off Brooklyn's Sunset Park heaved into life.

New York City is increasingly relying on half-century-old floating power plants to prevent blackouts as extreme heat, electrification and growing electricity demand push the grid closer to its limits.

The European Union is failing to make the investment needed to end its historic dependence on Russian fossil fuels, leaving it vulnerable to future shocks, the bloc’s spending watchdog said.