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Engineering’s Grant Goodrich comments on Ohio’s power grid facing risk of failure

Ohio power grid faces strain under high energy demand as frigid temperatures persist
Spectrum NewsGrant Goodrich, executive director of the Great Lakes Energy Institute, said Ohio’s power grid faces risk of failure with the increased demand for heat during extreme cold weather events. “When everyone at once is perhaps plugging in an additional space heater, that is where we’re putting additional strain on our electric grid,” he said.