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Data Centers Drive up Energy Forecasts
Utilities project data center electricity demand to triple by 2030, prompting regulators and lawmakers to verify projects and protect ratepayers from unnecessary costs.
- Utilities across regions are forecasting steep demand increases as AI and data center projects expand, with PPL Electric Utilities projecting data centers will more than triple peak electricity demand by 2030.
- Developers' submission practices help explain the surge, with more than 220 gigawatts of connection requests, about 73% from data centers, and duplicate filings inflating forecasts, ERCOT shows.
- NERC's recent assessment finds round-the-clock data center power use complicates supply during extreme winter, recalling Winter Storm Uri when ERCOT ordered 20 gigawatts of blackouts affecting 4.5 million.
- Following federal scrutiny, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission asked grid operators for verification data, Rep. Danilo Burgos introduced legislation to boost regulator oversight, and industry groups urged disclosure and readiness checks.
- Experts propose commercial-readiness checks and operational flexibility as states adopt disclosure rules requiring developers to prove commitment under the Texas disclosure law sponsored by Phil King and NERC filters forecasts to exclude speculative projects.
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