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Get a quote4 days ago· America''s power grid faces rising demand, retiring baseload, and policy delays. Can utilities, investors, and tech solutions keep the lights on?
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Get a quoteThe U.S. power grid isn’t collapsing—but it is under pressure like never before. Demand growth, baseload retirements, extreme weather, and policy paralysis are colliding to create a fragile system. Whether this moment becomes a crisis or a correction depends on how quickly policymakers, utilities, and investors adapt.
The grid is strained by increasing demand from electricity-hungry data centers and electric vehicles, disruptions due to severe weather events, and more. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently issued a sweeping reform to transmission grid planning in an effort to improve the nation's aging power grid. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Utilities and grid planners are scrambling to adapt. American Electric Power (AEP) in May, for example, reported more than 180 GW of load in its queue, five times its system peak, and is already investing in 20 GW of new capacity to serve rising demand.
Jurisdiction is a big part of the problem. Regional transmission operators manage the grid but don’t own generation or lines. Utilities do, while states control siting and permitting. The result is a patchwork that slows progress.
U.S. utilities are using them to accelerate capacity additions and harden corridors against rising load and extreme weather. Grid-enhancing technologies (GETs), including dynamic line ratings (DLR), topology optimization software, and modular power flow controllers, are also gaining traction.
3. The U.S. power grid spans more than 600,000 miles of transmission lines, most of which operate at voltages under 287 kV, which is considered insufficient for efficient long-distance transfers or large-scale clean energy integration.
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