Three Priorities for a New Age of Electricity Load Growth

Three Priorities for a New Age of Electricity Load Growth

We are in a new age of electricity demand. As the recent International Energy Agency (IEA) report reminds us, electricity demand is seeing some of its highest growth rates in the past decade. Headlines keep coming on how data centers are to blame. While this may be true in some local cases, most of the world has many demand sources that are rising together in parallel. As electricity costs rise for everyday people, it’s important to focus on thr…

JEA sets back-to-back records for electricity demand

Extreme heat drove demand for electricity to record-setting levels in Jacksonville on Monday, then did it again the next day, JEA reported. The city-owned utility said that on July 28, JEA set a record summer peak load — a measurement of demand — at 2,959 megawatts. That broke the previous record of 2,937 set in August 2007. On Tuesday, the peak load edged up to 2,590 megawatts as JEA customers’ air conditioners worked to keep homes and business…