by Donn Dears
Reliability of our electricity supply is crucial. It is a national security issue.
Imagine living without electricity during a blackout while sheltering-in-place during a pandemic. And we now know pandemics are a real threat. The electric grid is not only threatened by foreign adversaries, as the President’s executive order established, but also by ideologues who are manipulating grid operating procedures, which forces reliable base load power plants to shut down.To guarantee the availability of electricity, only base load power—using natural gas, coal-fired or nuclear power plants— can provide reliable supplies of electricity, day and night.
The Looming Energy Crisis exposes how efforts to decarbonize our country by eliminating the use of fossil fuels is threatening the reliability of our grid and endangering every American.You will be shocked to learn how people are surreptitiously undermining the reliability of the grid.
About the Author
Donn spent his career at General Electric Company in the power sector, leading organizations that provided engineering services for GE’s large electrical apparatus. Donn led the establishment of GE subsidiary companies around the world and actively participated in providing engineering services to a wide range of industries including electric utilities, steel, mining and transportation.
He retired as a senior GE Company executive and served on active duty in the Navy during the Korean War.
Donn Dears
