# Extreme Heat Makes Electricity More Expensive, More Polluting, and Less Reliable

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/extreme-heat-makes-electricity-more-expensive-more-polluting-and-less-reliable/
- Published: 2023-08-27T10:00:24-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Image credit: Danger Season Map. Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS). Article by John Rogers. Union of Concerned Scientists: The Equation – August 22, 2023. Extreme heat has hit hard lately from coast to coast and beyond, and it’s a major way Danger Season has shown up this year. Even as I write this, communities from the Northwest to the Southwest to the Southeast and Puerto Rico are under heat alerts. The direct health impact of heat stress is bad enough […] Click here to view original web page at blog.ucsusa.org Curated by John Wysocki Chief Technical Officer See Full Bio