Second Electricity Series Workshop: Challenges in Meeting Surging U.S. Power Demand

On November 1, 2024, the Energy Policy Research hosted the second installment of the popular Electricity Series Workshops, entitled “Challenges in Meeting Surging U.S. Power Demand.”

The purpose of the workshop series is to develop a careful understanding of the growing risks to the resiliency of the US electric power system, the forces driving rising power demand and electricity prices, and proposals for cost-effective regulatory reforms that can bolster the long-term viability of the U.S. electric power system. A background discussion paper can be found here.

This virtual workshop featured presentations on the rising demand for power (from data centers, EVs, manufacturing) and some perspectives on the lost opportunities should electricity become much more expensive and much less reliable. The agenda for the workshop is here.

The presentations given at this workshop can be found attached at the bottom of this post.

Background Materials:

The first meeting in this series (on August 2, 2024) looked at risks to the power sector with presentations by Thomas Popik (Foundation for Resilient Societies), Isaac Orr (formerly of the American Experiment), Michelle Foss (Rice) and Max Pyziur (EPRINC). These presentations can be found here.