Energy Department will spend $2 billion to squeeze more electricity from aging power grid
The grants are expected to add more than 23 gigawatts of capacity and help power 16 million homes, officials said.
- On Thursday, the Energy Department announced it will spend nearly $2 billion to upgrade the nation's aging power grid across 26 states, funding 31 projects designed to avert blackouts.
- The announcement addresses warnings that artificial intelligence's voracious power demand threatens to overwhelm U.S. supplies as massive data centers come online faster than new power plants can be built.
- Projects involve technological enhancements across nearly 21,000 miles of transmission lines, expected to produce more than 23 gigawatts of additional electricity capacity—enough to power 16 million homes.
- Energy Secretary Chris Wright is set to announce the grants Thursday in Allentown, Pennsylvania, stating these investments will "move more electricity across the grid" for about 100 million Americans.
- Funding stems from the bipartisan infrastructure law enacted under then-President Joe Biden, while President Donald Trump has vowed to "unleash" the nation's energy sector in his second term.
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AP Photo/ Heinz-Peter BaderBy MATTHEW DALY and MARC LEVY ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — The Energy Department announced on Thursday that it will spend almost $2 billion to try to squeeze more electricity out of the nation’s aging and stressed power grid, as President Donald Trump’s administration steps up efforts to avoid blackouts amid skyrocketing energy demand spurred by artificial intelligence....
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ALLENTOWN — The Energy Department announced on Thursday that it will spend almost $2 billion to try to squeeze more electricity out of the nation’s aging and stressed power grid, as President Donald Trump’s administration steps up efforts to avoid blackouts amid skyrocketing energy demand spurred by artificial intelligence. The money will go toward 31 projects across 26 states that are expected to produce more than 23 gigawatts of additional ele…
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