US utility large load commitments reach 160 GW amid unprecedented PJM demand surge
""Our main finding shows PJM utilities have committed to serve twice as much new large load demand as there is new power generation being planned to support it, which could lead to power shortages and higher bills in the Mid-Atlantic...."" Yet the leading ideas are essentially to plow forward trying to shoehorn in more and more loads. Here's a better idea: allow entrepreneurs and private investors to build utilities OUTSIDE of the existing sector. That would allow them to build quickly and creatively, two things the U.S. electricity sector badly needs. And since it would be outside of the existing sector, legislators, regulators, and most importantly, ordinary citizens won't have to worry about the potential power shortages and higher bills described by WoodMac.
This is the idea behind "Consumer Regulated Electricity" (CRE).
