POWER PROVISION: Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Utilities balance growth and supply when meeting large-load power needs.

The electric grid in the United States needs more of everything — more capacity to keep up with rising power needs, more skilled workers and infrastructure and better planning. Just how significant is this pressing urge to deliver power more efficiently and reliably?

Let’s put it this way — according to a National Electric Transmission Congestion Study published by the U.S. Department of Energy in July 2026, most transmission congestion costs are concentrated in just 5% of annual hours. This was especially true during times with significant day-ahead to real-time market price variance, high net load, cold weather and high intermittent generation. The DOE report points to interregional and cross-interconnection transmission links as the answer to congestion relief and increasing adequate power supply.

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