New forecast from EPRI: data centers will consume 9% to 17% of U.S. electricity by 2030, up from 4% to 5% today. This is a 60% increase from last year's projection. Under existing policies, "incremental [power] supply is dominated by natural gas." powering-intelligence.epri.com
As 2025 wraps up, @eprinews.bsky.social has tons of insights to share on:
✔️ #AI, #datacenters, and the power needs involved.
✔️ The grid impacts of increasing load growth.
✔️ The new and emerging generation mix.
✔️ Large-language model testing for utilities.
Interested? Reach out!
My EI blog post today on how data center demand growth may drive up elec prices in near term, but managed well, should help lower retail price. Regulators must assure data centers reduce demand when grid is strained and pay fair share of system fixed costs.
energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/w...
The big takeaways from #climateweek so far have focused on all of the above + a huge push on #nuclear.
@eprinews.bsky.social has a ton of insights and research on this technology. Plus we just issued a North America advanced reactor roadmap.
Want to learn more? Reach out!
Come for the excellent reporting by @jeffstjohn.bsky.social. Stay for the @eprinews.bsky.social initiative--DCFlex that can help with on grid flexibility. Learn more: dcflex.epri.com
And @axios.com has done a great job covering. Its coverage is here: www.axios.com/2025/08/20/p...
ICYMI, @eprinews.bsky.social issued a new report yesterday on U.S. household energy expenses, aka the Energy Wallet.
The report looked at both national and state stats: energywallet.epri.com/en/map.html
The full press release, with a link to the report is here: www.epri.com/about/media-...
New @eprinews.bsky.social and @epochai.bsky.social joint paper forecasts that training a leading AI model could require more than 4 gigawatts of power by 2030—enough to power millions of U.S. homes.
Full release and paper link here: www.epri.com/about/media-...
Sorry boss. @politico.com Morning Energy told me to take Friday off! :-)
Great article on @eprinews.bsky.social's Climate READi effort focused on proactive climate resilience efforts! Well worth the read.
Today at 10am ET, the House Science Committee is holding a hearing about #nuclear's role in helping to power #AI demand.
@eprinews.bsky.social's Jeremy Renshaw is joining witnesses from Constellation and Oklo. Should be interesting!
Livestream link here: science.house.gov/hearings?Con...
They just had a signing ceremony and I'm hopeful the texts will be posted soon. You can rewatch the signing ceremony on CSPAN.
Trump signed executive orders to speed construction of advanced reactors at federal sites while telling the Nuclear Regulatory Commission it has 18 months to decide on new reactor licenses.
www.axios.com/pro/energy-p...
For reporters covering @noaa.gov's hurricane forecasting, reach out to @eprinews.bsky.social for info on proactive efforts utilities can take to ensure resilient power systems.
Plus, we previously mapped out how future hurricanes could affect power supplies:
interactive.epri.com/readi-storym...
Congrats!!!!
If you have a bit of an engineering background and you want to know second-by-second what is known about the Iberian power cut, this from EPRI is incredibly useful.
youtu.be/LNStOXAsiDo?...
Late last month, a rare total system blackout left millions in Spain and Portugal in the dark. Power was restored within 15 hours, but the root cause is still under investigation. Listen to this May 6 EPRI webinar to learn more.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNSt...
EPRI’s Eamonn Lannoye contributes to this
@apnews.com story about the lengthy power outage in Spain and Portugal this week as utilities, researchers, and energy stakeholders seek out its root cause. apnews.com/article/spai...
For reporters working on follow-up pieces of the Spanish power outages, the head of @eprinews.bsky.social Europe has some high-level takeaways. He has been quoted in AP and E&E today--and is available for comment.
www.linkedin.com/posts/eamonn...
If you're a reporter covering the #spainpoweroutage and need technical grid expertise, reach out. @eprinews.bsky.social has done lots of work in this area and can provide independent expertise.
The Trump administration has canceled the lease for NASA's top climate science modeling and monitoring lab, known as NASA GISS, at Columbia Univ. in NYC. The lab is going virtual as of May 31. (The lab is above the Seinfeld restaurant.) www.cnn.com/2025/04/24/c...
Plus, some of @eprinews.bsky.social's recent AI efforts are cited in the IEA report. It's a comprehensive report. Get in touch for insights and more!
@iea.org is out with a new report on #energy and #AI. www.iea.org/reports/ener...
For 10+ yrs, @eprinews.bsky.social has been studying AI and its potential impacts on the energy sector. For reporters covering today's report, reach out for technical expertise and insights.
They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
DOE Secretary Chris Wright with “USA” socks during his #ceraweek25 remarks.
The struggle is definitely real. I eat breakfast at 5:50am, so by 11 I am STARVING.
This study was led by my colleagues Francisco Fonseca and Chad Boyer and is freely available here: www.epri.com/research/pro...
It also has good visualizations of regional market opportunities for advanced nuclear power under different scenarios.
What resources are available to affected fed workers in your state? It would be helpful if your office provided guidance to the many who are being impacted. Thank you.
It would also be helpful to share resources available to those affected fed employees (such as filing for unemployment, appeals with the Merit Systems Protection Board, etc.).
I was this many years old when I learned that Ford CEO Jim Farley is Chris Farley's cousin. [Aside: Is the van down by the river a Ford?].
