POWER Magazine•3 months ago
The Frog Is Dead: North America’s Power Grid Faces Its Biggest Reckoning in a Generation
- •North America's power grid is experiencing a 'full-blown supply crisis' due to a sudden, massive surge in demand, primarily from data centers, after decades of near-zero growth.
- •The industry's previous trajectory of retiring aging coal plants and filling interconnection queues with wind and solar is now severely challenged by this rapid demand increase.
- •This 'reckoning' signifies a fundamental shift in market dynamics, likely leading to increased power prices, capacity constraints, and a re-evaluation of generation and transmission planning across the grid.
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