FERC Chairman Christie Adds to Concerns Over Summer Power Supply

A top US energy regulator echoed grid operators’ warnings over whether the country’s available resources can meet increased electricity demand as temperatures and the appetite for data centers continue to increase.

“The arithmetic doesn’t add up when you’re losing dispatchable generation—and if through early retirements—and it’s not being replaced with equivalent capacity,” Chairman Mark Christie (R) said during a Thursday press conference following the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s open meeting.

“You don’t have to be a math Ph.D. to see that the arithmetic just doesn’t work,” he said.

Christie’s comments come ...