As the sun continues its battering of Louisville and Southern Indiana, which included a prolonged and record-breaking heat wave, fears of power outages from overuse of the grid have become increasingly prominent.
The Courier Journal previously reported rolling blackouts are possible, though unlikely, in Southern Indiana. Meanwhile, there is almost no possibility of them this summer in Louisville, according to LG&E and Kentucky Utilities.
Meanwhile, there have been some concerns on social media that people plugging their electric vehicles into charging stations could lead to outages.
"That's a far-fetched notion," said Daniel Lowry, media relations manager for LG&E and KU. "Electric vehicles pose no threat to our system and no threat to our customers, both in the short term and in the long term. So I really don't understand those concerns."
Lowry said right now, there aren't many electric vehicles in Kentucky — less than 4,000 as of April 2022, as well as just over 200 charging stations as of January (Tennessee has over 900). Concerns that electric vehicles could damage the grid, he emphasized, are misplaced.
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