{"id":320355,"date":"2024-04-23T08:03:31","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T06:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=320355"},"modified":"2024-04-23T08:03:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T06:03:33","slug":"wash-post-admits-reality-amid-explosive-demand-america-is-running-out-of-power-u-s-power-grid-being-pushed-to-the-brink-utilities-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=320355","title":{"rendered":"Wash Post admits reality: \u2018Amid explosive demand, America is running out of power\u2019 \u2013 U.S. \u2018power grid\u2019 being pushed \u2018to the brink. Utilities can\u2019t keep up\u2019 \u2013 \u2018It is staggering\u2019 \u2013 But WaPo frets energy shortage \u2018threatens to stifle the transition to cleaner energy\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Climate Depot<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Marc Morano<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post’s is concerned that this power shortage “threatens to stifle the transition to cleaner energy, as utility executives lobby to delay the retirement of fossil fuel plants and bring more online.” <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhen you look at the numbers, it is staggering,\u201d said Jason Shaw, chairman of the\u00a0Georgia Public Service Commission<\/a>, which regulates electricity. \u201cIt makes you scratch your head and wonder how we ended up in this situation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2024\/03\/07\/ai-data-centers-power<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WaPo: Vast swaths of the United States are at risk of running short of power as electricity-hungry data centers and clean-technology factories proliferate around the country, leaving utilities and regulators grasping for credible plans to expand the nation\u2019s creaking power grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Georgia, demand for industrial power is surging to record highs, with the projection of new electricity use for the next decade now 17 times what it was only recently. Arizona Public Service, the largest utility in that state, is also struggling to keep up, projecting it will be out of transmission capacity before the end of the decade absent major upgrades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Northern Virginia needs the equivalent of several large nuclear power plants to serve all the new data centers planned and under construction. Texas, where electricity shortages are already routine on hot summer days, faces the same dilemma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The soaring demand<\/a> is touching off a scramble to try to squeeze more juice out of an aging power grid<\/a> while pushing commercial customers to go to extraordinary lengths to lock down energy sources, such as building their own power plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you look at the numbers, it is staggering,\u201d said Jason Shaw, chairman of the\u00a0Georgia Public Service Commission<\/a>, which regulates electricity. \u201cIt makes you scratch your head and wonder how we ended up in this situation. How were the projections that far off? This has created a challenge like we have never seen before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A major factor behind the skyrocketing demand is the rapid innovation in artificial intelligence, which is driving the construction of large warehouses of computing infrastructure that require exponentially more power than traditional data centers. AI is also part of a huge scale-up of cloud computing. Tech firms like Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft<\/a> are scouring the nation for sites for new data centers, and many lesser-known firms are also on the hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The situation is sparking battles across the nation over who will pay for new power supplies, with regulators worrying that residential ratepayers could be stuck with the bill for costly upgrades. It also threatens to stifle the transition to cleaner energy, as utility executives lobby to delay the retirement of fossil fuel plants and bring more online. The power crunch imperils their ability to supply the energy that will be needed to charge the millions of electric cars and household appliances required to meet state and federal climate goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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America is running out of power because of the climate hoax and anti-fossil fuel policies of @BarackObama<\/a> and @JoeBiden<\/a>. 1\/https:\/\/t.co\/AdIkxKba9H<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/mC529Sw3f8<\/a><\/p>— Steve Milloy (@JunkScience) March 7, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>