Summary

Improved preparations and interregional power transfers played key roles in avoiding planned blackouts during bitter cold in early 2026, according to the agency and grid watchdog. Generators experienced far fewer unplanned outages during bitter cold winter weather early this year and in 2025 compared to winter storms in 2021 and 2022, reflecting changes power plant owners and grid operators have made in how they prepare for cold weather, according to a report released Thursday by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the North American Electric Reliability Corp .

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