House Requests Federal Energy Regulatory Commission AI Report

July 18, 2024 – House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, and Energy, Climate, and Grid Security Subcommittee Chair Jeff Duncan, R-South Carolina, requested details on how the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is addressing growth in electricity demand in a letter dated Tuesday.

“After years of minimal growth, electricity demand in the United States is projected to grow nationally at a significant pace through the end of the decade. It is anticipated that much of this demand growth will come from a surge in the number of data centers and the growing uses of artificial intelligence,” read the letter.