Winter Is Coming: The Work to Keep Us Warm Is Underway

As temperatures near 100 degrees across the country, the last thing on the minds of most Americans are worrying about is…heat.

Not the summer heat. The other kind.

Winter is coming, and in just a few months, millions of Americans will move from cranking up their air conditioners to firing up their furnaces. Fortunately, the same American energy source that kept millions cool during the recent heat wave is already preparing to keep them warm this winter.

Natural gas.

During the recent massive heat wave, electricity demand surged. It was natural gas leading electricity generation during peak hours in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, New York, and New England. Even those leftist “keep it in the ground” blue hairs were cooled by fossil fuels.