Get Ready to Pay More for Less-Reliable Electricity
"“Rates are going to go higher, and there’s not much you can do about it,” said Guggenheim analyst Shahriar Pourreza." There is one thing we can do about it. We can give new large loads (e.g., data centers) an alternative to plugging into the same old regulated grid. If we allowed the creation of new, unregulated utilities the investment needs would be borne by the customers of the new utilities and they wouldn't add to the growing strain on the old grids. At the same time, because these new utilities would be unregulated, they could move much faster and introduce many more innovations than the regulated sector ever can.
