Energy crisis: Biden and the press are sounding the alarm.

CRISES BY LAYOUT:The impending crisis in electricity supply. President Biden and the press continue to raise alarms about the climate crisis, which his policies cannot influence. However, at the same time, they ignore how government climate policy is contributing to the looming crisis in the power grid, which is more urgent and could have been prevented.

For many years, these pages have been warning about the shortage of electricity. And now, network regulators and electricity supply services are ramping up their warnings. The forecasts for the growth in electricity demand in the U.S.

Main culprits:

• Georgia Power recently increased its winter electricity demand forecast for 2031 by 17 times, citing the growth of new industries such as electric vehicle and battery manufacturing plants.
• AEP Ohio says that the new data centers and the planned $20 billion Intel chip factory will increase the load on the grid.
• PJM Interconnection, which manages the wholesale electricity market in 13 states in the Midwest and Northeast, has doubled its 15-year annual demand growth forecast this year.

Don't expect energy to come from New York, which is approaching an electricity shortage as it shuts down nuclear and fossil fuel sources in favor of wind and solar power.

The new Micron chip manufacturing plant in northern New York is expected to require as much energy by the 2040s as the combined usage of New Hampshire and Vermont.

Construction of transmission lines

Connecting remote renewable energy sources to the grid usually takes 10-12 years. Due to these issues, former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz predicted last week that utilities will ultimately be forced to rely more on gas, coal, and nuclear plants to meet explosive demand.

As Lionel Shriver writes: "When you involve people in the electrification of everything in their lives – cars, stoves, heating systems – while simultaneously enticing them to switch to electric vehicles with generous government subsidies, it turns out they use more electricity. Who would have thought? I guess that's why we need all these smart experts to analyze the complex technical details of environmental policy."