Nation's Electricity Infrastructure Insufficient For Growing Usage
In response to the annual long-term reliability assessment of the nation’s bulk electric power system by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Edison Electric Institute calls for more investment in the nation’s electricity infrastructure.
In response to the annual long-term reliability assessment of the nation’s bulk electric power system by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Edison Electric Institute calls for more investment in the nation’s electricity infrastructure.
NERC officials announced that electricity usage in the United States is projected to grow more than twice as fast as committed resources during the next 10 years. They said that unless additional resources are brought into service, some regions of the United States could fall below their target capacity margins within two or three years, while in parts of western Canada, demand is projected to outpace resource capacity within about two years.
Edison Electric Institute President Tom Kuhn today called for continued investment in the nation’s electric transmission and generation infrastructure, along with energy efficiency.
“The entire electric system, from generation plants to power lines to employees, is increasingly strained as demand grows across the U.S.,” Kuhn says. “As technology continues to rapidly evolve and the economy continues to grow, we are becoming ever more dependent upon an uninterrupted flow of power.”
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