Energy Department will spend $2 billion to squeeze more electricity from aging power grid
The grants are expected to add more than 23 gigawatts of capacity and help power 16 million homes, officials said.
- On Thursday, the Energy Department announced it will spend nearly $2 billion to upgrade the nation's aging power grid across 26 states, funding 31 projects designed to avert blackouts.
- The announcement addresses warnings that artificial intelligence's voracious power demand threatens to overwhelm U.S. supplies as massive data centers come online faster than new power plants can be built.
- Projects involve technological enhancements across nearly 21,000 miles of transmission lines, expected to produce more than 23 gigawatts of additional electricity capacity—enough to power 16 million homes.
- Energy Secretary Chris Wright is set to announce the grants Thursday in Allentown, Pennsylvania, stating these investments will "move more electricity across the grid" for about 100 million Americans.
- Funding stems from the bipartisan infrastructure law enacted under then-President Joe Biden, while President Donald Trump has vowed to "unleash" the nation's energy sector in his second term.
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United States Secretary of Energy Chris Wright, talks to the media during a press conference on the sidelines of the annual General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader)
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Energy Department will spend $2 billion to squeeze more electricity from aging power grid
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