FERC Says US Electric Grid May Not Make It Through Summer Unscathed

Hope your air conditioner’s feeling brave—because the U.S. power grid is about to get a workout it may not be ready for. According to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) summer outlook, a combination of brutal heat, AI-fueled electricity demand, and an aging fleet of dependable power plants headed for retirement is teeing up a reliability stress test.

Nationwide, the grid should scrape by if everything goes to plan—which, of course, it seldom does. FERC flagged the usual suspects as weak links: Texas, the Midwest,…