Institute for Energy Research and Energy Policy Research Foundation Co-Host Workshop “Dominating Power: Charting the Next Decade of America’s Electricity Growth”

The Energy Policy Research Foundation and the Institute for Energy Research cohosted a full-day, in-person workshop, Dominating Power: Charting the Next Decade of America’s Electricity Growth at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

This conference was part of EPRINC’s Power Vision 2030 Series. Its purpose was to inform the policymakers and industry stakeholders of the challenges and potential remedies to achieve both affordability and reliability for the U.S. power sector in light of surging demand from the AI economy and the manufacturing renaissance. As part of our ongoing mission, the Energy Policy Research Foundation remains committed to addressing critical policy choices facing all segments of the U.S. energy sector.

This event featured discussions on the central tasks necessary to meet U.S. growing power demand, major cost and reliability challenges, and realistic pathways to overcome them. U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Katie Jereza, pictured with EPRINC President Lucian Pugliaresi and IER President Tom Pyle, delivered keynote remarks. The panels centered around the following panels:

1. The Value of AI and Powering Up the American Economy
2. Challenges to Reliability and Cost in the Power Sector; How to Fix the Broken Grid?
3. Fixing the Broken Supply Chain and Making the US Nuclear Revival Work This Time
4. From Pipeline to Power Plant: Expanding Natural Gas Delivery and Generation Capacity

A writeup of the workshop can be found here. The slides used during the workshop are here.