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What is projected to be increasingly threatened by more frequent and longer-lasting power outages?

Energy resources

Energy generation

Critical energy infrastructure (correct)

Fuel production systems

What is the principal contributor to power outages in the United States?

Extreme weather (correct)

Energy resources

Energy generation

Fuel production and distribution systems

What could affect economic and national security due to cascading impacts on critical sectors?

Resilience of the energy system

Power outages (correct)

Energy system reliability

Fuel availability imbalances

What is likely to make it more difficult to grow biofuel crops in the Midwest, Northern Great Plains, and Southern Great Plains?

Higher temperatures and reduced soil moisture Signup and view all the answers

What can interrupt energy generation, damage energy resources and infrastructure, and interfere with fuel production and distribution systems?

Extreme weather Signup and view all the answers

Match the following impacts on the energy system with their causes:

More frequent and longer-lasting power outages = Extreme weather events Interrupted energy generation and damaged infrastructure = Extreme weather events Fuel shortages and price spikes = Extreme weather events Threat to energy system reliability, security, and resilience = Extreme weather events Signup and view all the answers

Match the following regions with their potential impacts on biofuel crop growth and wood availability:

Midwest, Northern Great Plains, and Southern Great Plains = More difficult to grow biofuel crops and impact on wood availability Nationwide = Already affected by extreme weather events and projected to be increasingly threatened by more frequent and longer-lasting power outages Signup and view all the answers

Match the following extreme weather events with their potential impacts on the energy system:

High winds, thunderstorms, hurricanes = Interrupt energy generation and damage infrastructure Heat waves, intense cold periods, intense snow events and ice storms = Interrupt energy generation and damage infrastructure Extreme rainfall = Interfere with fuel production and distribution systems, causing shortages or price spikes Signup and view all the answers

Match the following impacts on critical sectors with their potential effects on economic and national security:

Cascading impacts on critical sectors = Affect economic and national security Reliability, security, and resilience of the energy system = Underpin virtually every sector of the U.S. economy Signup and view all the answers

Match the following regions with their principal contributor to power outages:

United States = Extreme weather Nationwide = Extreme weather Signup and view all the answers