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Three Key Takeaways: Rethinking Load Growth in U.S. Power Systems
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Norris, Tyler, Tim Profeta, Dalia Patino-Echeverri, and Adam Cowie-Haskell. 2025. “Three Key Takeaways: Rethinking Load Growth in U.S. Power Systems.” NI R 25-01. Durham, North Carolina: Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability. https://nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/articles/three-key-takeaways-rethinking-load-growth-us-power-systems.
The U.S. power system has extensive untapped potential to more quickly add data centers and other new large energy loads while mitigating the need for costly system upgrades—as long as those loads can occasionally cut their power use when the grid is most stressed.
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