{"id":346565,"date":"2024-10-13T09:59:05","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T07:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=346565"},"modified":"2024-10-13T09:59:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T07:59:07","slug":"americas-power-supply-could-be-inadequate-to-meet-demand-by-decades-end-major-consultancy-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=346565","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s Power Supply Could Be Inadequate To Meet Demand by Decade\u2019s End, Major Consultancy Says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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American energy demand could be on pace to exceed power supply by the end of the decade, according to Bain, a major consultancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Utilities could need to increase their annual power generation by as much as 26% by 2028 to meet surging demand, which the rise of artificial intelligence<\/a> (AI) is driving with power-hungry data centers<\/a> that are necessary to sustain AI technologies, according to a new report<\/a> from Bain. Overall U.S. electricity demand stayed mostly flat since 2000, and utility companies will need to make major adjustments to their business models that figure to raise electricity costs for American consumers. (RELATED: \u2018Catastrophic\u2019: Top Grid Official Sounds The Alarm On Biden\u2019s Sweeping Power Plant Rules)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2018Inevitable And Foreseeable\u2019: Grid Operators Beg Court To Nix EPA Rules To Save Electricity System From Collapse https:\/\/t.co\/0LAt8gHVSN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014 Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 18, 2024<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the U.S. alone, adequately funding the capital investments to serve data center growth over the next decade would require utilities to generate 10% to 19% in additional revenue each year than previously forecast,\u201d Bain wrote in its report. \u201cThat could incrementally increase customer bills by 1% annually through 2032, according to our analysis.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI data centers account for about 44% of the anticipated growth, while residential<\/a> demand \u2014 which includes electric vehicles<\/a> (EVs) \u2014 drive 27% of the increase, according to Bain\u2019s projections. The rest of the growth will come from manufacturing and commercial electricity use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bain joins a growing list of power grid operators<\/a> and experts<\/a> to warn that America\u2019s electrical system is coming under strain as demand surges and regulations force the premature retirement of reliable fossil fuel-fired capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specifically, the Biden-Harris administration finalized regulations in April that will require existing coal plants to use carbon capture and storage<\/a> (CCS) to control 90% of their carbon emissions by 2032 if they want to stay running past 2039, and certain new natural gas plants will also have to cut their emissions by 90% by 2032, according<\/a> to the Environmental Protection Agency. The federal government maintains that the rules will not degrade grid reliability, though power grid experts told<\/a> the Daily Caller News Foundation that they are expecting the opposite if the rules are enforced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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