NERC - North American Electric Reliability Corporation
12/17/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/17/2024 13:56
Urgent Need for Resources over 10-Year Horizon as Electricity Demand Growth Accelerates, 2024 LTRA Finds
WASHINGTON, D.C.- Trends identified in NERC's 2024 Long-Term Reliability Assessment(LTRA) highlight critical reliability challenges that industry is facing over the next 10 years: satisfying escalating energy growth, managing generator retirements and removing barriers to resource and transmission development. As a result, well over half of the continent is at elevated or high risk of energy shortfalls over the next 5 to 10 years.