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flag East Coast grid withstood winter storms, but outages stemmed from damaged infrastructure, prompting calls for urgent upgrades due to flawed energy policies.

flag Energy Secretary Chris Wright acknowledged that while the East Coast’s power grid survived recent winter storms, widespread outages were due to damaged infrastructure, not insufficient supply. flag A North American Electric Reliability Corporation report stressed urgent need for grid upgrades to prevent future shortages. flag Wright did not specify projects or timelines but said major improvements are needed, blaming current energy policies for undermining reliability by overemphasizing wind and solar expansion and associated transmission builds at the expense of grid stability.

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