FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — The Department of Energy has issued an emergency for 17 states during the intense heat wave currently affecting the country.
The emergency allows the Southwest Power Pool, Inc. to “dispatch specified generation units and to order their operation as needed to maintain reliability,” according to a news release from the DoE.
The release states that the order will help reduce the possibility of power outages and keep access to electricity stable across the country…