Leading grid regulators and operators have issued reports highlighting concerns with the reliability and availability of electricity.
Reports and Regulations
Leading grid regulators and operators have issued reports highlighting concerns with the reliability and availability of electricity.
Key quote from the report: “Early retirement of thermal resources (e.g., coal and nuclear) that provide on-demand, dispatchable electricity generation creates potential energy shortfalls when replaced with variable, weather-dependent resources that may not be available when needed. This risk is amplified by increasing electricity demand (driven by electrification and the addition of large, single-point loads like data centers) and extreme weather.”
Key quote from the report: “The transition that is underway to get to a decarbonized end state is posing material, adverse challenges to electric reliability.”
Key quote from the report: “The overall resource adequacy outlook for the North American BPS [Bulk Power System] is worsening: In the 2025 LTRA, NERC finds that 13 of 23 assessment areas face resource adequacy challenges over the next 10 years. Projections for resource and transmission growth lag what is needed to support new data centers and other large loads that drive escalating demand forecasts.”
