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Nuclear and low-carbon tech journalist @energyintel, former DC Correspondent @CipherClimate by @Breakthrough and @SPGCI Net-Zero Business Daily, @BBGIndustry
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AI is reshaping U.S. electricity demand faster than the grid can keep up

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By Amena Saiyid
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Published on February 18, 2026 by Amena H. Saiyid Data centers accounted for at least 60% of last year’s increase in U.S. electricity demand, straining an aged grid that struggles to keep up despite investments made in upgrades, latest data and analysis from research firm BloombergNEF and Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) show. After remaining relatively flat through much of the 2010s, U.S. electricity demand rose 2% compared with the prior year and was up 8% over the past decade.
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Risk aversion, not technology, seen as barrier to electric power sector

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By Amena Saiyid
| Daily Energy Insider Verified
Published on February 12, 2026 by Amena H. Saiyid State regulators overseeing electric power markets must be open to innovative technologies to meet unprecedented power demand and an increasingly extreme, climate-driven conditions, a panel of experts concluded Tuesday. “We are now looking at unprecedented times, unprecedented load growth,” said Iowa Utilities Board Commissioner Erik Helland at the winter summit of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, held Feb.
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FERC Chair: Natural gas is the reliable answer for replacing retired power plants

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By Amena Saiyid
| Daily Energy Insider Verified
Published on February 11, 2026 by Amena H. Saiyid Natural gas-fired generation is “the answer” for replacing retired power plant capacity, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Laura Swett said Tuesday, citing its reliability and ability to respond quickly to peak demand during the recently ended Winter Storm Fern.
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