Data Centers Drive Up Electricity Demand, Causing Concern for Grid Operators
“Clearly, demand for AI is growing and utilities are ill-prepared to meet the cost and reliability challenges this growth will bring. While an adverse permitting landscape plays a significant role in delaying utilities’ ability to connect new generation to the grid, the lack of competition utilities face should also be considered a hindrance to progress. One solution to this problem is the creation of privatized grids that are physically unconnected to existing grids, allowing them to avoid byzantine regulatory and administrative processes. As Travis Fisher, director of Energy and Environmental Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, explains, “At the societal level, the obvious upside to allowing competition is that we could finally bring a dynamic market process to the electricity industry. Who knows what innovations entrepreneurs could bring to the industry if they didn’t have to ask for permission from regulators?” By bypassing bureaucratic barriers and creating competition, privatized grids provide a commonsense solution to meeting growing demand without burdening consumers with higher costs.”
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