A heat wave that could last two weeks or more will hit poor Americans hardest, driving up utility bills and pushing many further into financial hardship.
. Now a long-lasting and potentially record-setting heat wave is expected to settle over much of the southwestern U.S. this weekend before spreading to the rest of the country, according to official forecasts.
Energy bills in much of America “will be much, much higher,” said Cisco DeVries, a former White House aide and the CEO of OhmConnect, a company that helps households manage power demand. “With sheltering in place, people aren’t leaving their homes to seek air-conditioned refuge elsewhere, so they will be heavily reliant on their units to cool down their homes.”
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