东海岸电网充斥着冬季暴风雨,但断电是由于基础设施受损所致,由于能源政策有缺陷,人们呼吁紧急升级。 East Coast grid withstood winter storms, but outages stemmed from damaged infrastructure, prompting calls for urgent upgrades due to flawed energy policies.

能源部长克里斯·赖特(Chris Wright)承认,尽管东海岸的电网在最近冬季暴风雨中幸存下来,但大面积停电是由于基础设施受损,而不是供应不足。 Energy Secretary Chris Wright acknowledged that while the East Coast’s power grid survived recent winter storms, widespread outages were due to damaged infrastructure, not insufficient supply. 一份北美电力可靠性公司的报告强调,迫切需要进行电网升级,以防止今后出现短缺。 A North American Electric Reliability Corporation report stressed urgent need for grid upgrades to prevent future shortages. Wright没有具体说明项目或时间表,但说需要作出重大改进,指责当前的能源政策过分强调风能和太阳能的扩展以及以破坏电网稳定为代价建造相关输电系统,从而损害了可靠性。 Wright did not specify projects or timelines but said major improvements are needed, blaming current energy policies for undermining reliability by overemphasizing wind and solar expansion and associated transmission builds at the expense of grid stability.