NAR President - elect Tom Stevens and I planned a visit to affected areas in the first week of September, but we were stopped in Birmingham, Ala., about four hours» drive from the coast, because of
severe fuel shortages.
«During the worst of the storm from January 5 - 6, 2018, actual U.S. electricity market experience demonstrated that without the resilience of coal - and
fuel oil / dual - firing plants... the eastern United States would have suffered
severe electricity
shortages, likely leading to widespread blackouts,» NETL researchers reported.