How We Can Keep Cool Without Frying the Grid (Or the Planet)

How We Can Keep Cool Without Frying the Grid (Or the Planet)

The US power grid is facing another major test. After a massive heat dome settled over the US last week,  temperatures pushed into the triple digits across major cities from St. Louis to Boston. In several places, especially in the Southeast and Midwest, high humidity, compounded with extreme heat, is making conditions feel even worse. Once rare, these kinds of extreme humid heat events are now routine, driving electricity demand to historic hig…