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  "path": "/2026/04/24/the-chance-of-blackouts/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-24T13:00:00.000Z",
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  "tags": [
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    "Demand Response",
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  "textContent": "The looming problems with reliability are not just a matter of acquiring new resources too slowly, as the NERC report implies, but also a more daunting problem with procuring new resources that are difficult to quantify and expensive to make reliable. In my mind, I see lots of wishful thinking. A likelihood of blackouts well above 0.027%.\n\nThe post The Chance of Blackouts appeared first on Watts Up With That?.",
  "title": "The Chance of Blackouts"
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