How Grid Operators and Customers Are Working Together to Solve a New Era of Large Loads

Electric grid planners and major commercial and industrial customers around the United States are racing to solve large load interconnection challenges that balance the needs of electric grid reliability and large loads, such as data centers powering artificial intelligence. Data center electricity demand growth is leading to projections for new peak demand records and fears of other AI data center impacts on the power grid, such as frequency fluctuations and stability challenges. To meet the moment, new utility strategies for large load integration are emerging, and with them best practices for grid planning for high-impact industrial loads. In this white paper presented by Electric Power Engineers (EPE), you will learn:

• The unique challenges that the new generation of large loads create on the grid
• Best practices to connect large loads and preserve grid reliability, affordability and equity
• Solutions to help grid operators and large load customers break down barriers and work together. 

Download the paper today for insights on how utilities and large load customers can establish the alignment, technical clarity and shared roadmap needed to interconnect new large loads quickly and responsibly for a reliable, resilient, affordable, and flexible grid of the future.