To meet this new demand, the U.S. needs to prioritize robust generation and transmission expansion and flexible load to optimize underutilized infrastructure.

Private capital is highly motivated to invest, in collaboration with Federal efforts to speed deployment of transmission and generation.

New generation trying to interconnect to the grid is twice the existing system capacity.

Areas with efficient permitting, interconnection, and electricity markets are best positioned for load growth.

Inefficient regulatory processes stymie most of the country, driving up costs and threatening reliability.