LTRA

  • Thirteen of 23 North American assessment areas face elevated or high resource adequacy risks over the next five years, according to NERC's 2025 Long-Term Reliability Assessment released Jan. 29, 2026. High-risk regions (red) include MISO, PJM, Texas RE-ERCOT, WECC-Northwest, WECC-Basin, and SERC-Central, where planned resources would result in energy shortfalls exceeding adequacy targets. Elevated-risk areas (orange) meet baseline criteria but face potential shortfalls under extreme weather conditions. Years shown indicate when each region's highest risk level first occurs during 2026–2030. Source: NERC
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    NERC Warns Long-Term Grid Reliability Risks Mounting from Surging Demand, Lagging Resources

    The North American electric grid faces intensifying reliability risks over the next decade as demand growth driven by data centers and artificial intelligence threatens to outpace resource additions, according to the 2025 Long-Term Reliability Assessment (LTRA) released Jan. 29 by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). The assessment, which covers 2026 to 2035 and […]