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When homes lose power, they lose cooling, too. Edmund Lowe Photography/Moment via Getty Images

America faces a power disconnection crisis amid dangerous heat: In 27 states, utilities can shut off electricity for nonpayment even in a heat wave

Sanya Carley, University of Pennsylvania and David Konisky, Indiana University

One in 4 American households is at risk of losing power because of the high cost of energy. Over 30% of those disconnections are in summer, when heat gets dangerous.
Low-income residents are among those most likely to lose cooling in their homes because they can’t pay their bills. Solidcolours/iStock/Getty Images Plus

America faces a power disconnection crisis amid rising heat: In 31 states, utilities can shut off electricity for nonpayment in a heat wave

Sanya Carley, University of Pennsylvania and David Konisky, Indiana University

One in 4 American households are at risk of losing power because of the high cost of energy. Over 30% of those disconnections are in summer, when heat gets dangerous.
Residents watch a burning infrastructure project hit during a massive Russian drone night strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, in December 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Russia is using drones to target Ukrainian electricity and erode morale

James Horncastle, Simon Fraser University

With electricity in Ukraine constantly disrupted by Russian attacks, the Ukrainian population faces a difficult choice — to remain in the country under such conditions, or flee abroad.

Related Topics

  1. Electricity bills
  2. Energy security
  3. Health
  4. Heat
  5. Heat health
  6. Heat wave
  7. Low-income
  8. Poverty
  9. US poverty
  10. Utilities

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