POWER Magazine•6 months ago
NERC Warns Long-Term Grid Reliability Risks Mounting from Surging Demand, Lagging Resources
- •The North American grid faces intensifying reliability risks from 2026-2035, primarily due to surging demand driven by data centers and artificial intelligence.
- •Resource additions (generation and potentially transmission) are lagging significantly behind this demand growth, creating a critical resource adequacy challenge.
- •This situation signals potential grid instability and higher energy costs for large power consumers, while simultaneously presenting urgent development opportunities for new generation and grid infrastructure.
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