100m living in Midwest, West Coast and Southwest face summer power outages

Daily Mail

That warning was given by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), which released a map showing Michigan, most of Indiana, most of Illinois, and Wisconsin were in trouble.

Also at the highest risk are Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and a small part of East Texas. That high-risk classification means that the existing power grid is 'potentially insufficient to meet peak load during both normal and extreme conditions,' according to NERC.

Every state that sits further west of that area is at an elevated risk, according to NERC. That means power plants should have sufficient resources 'to meet peak load during normal conditions, but potentially insufficient during extreme conditions.

Moreover, traditional power plants are shutting down faster than renewable energy sources can fill, creating a power gap that elevates risks in times of need, such as during scorching summers.

Low wind speeds could also trigger blackouts

On top of that, the coal and natural gas plants that are left are running harder than before, raising the risk that they'll malfunction.