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Fortune
Dylan Sloan

Why you should care about—and fear—America's aging energy grid

Power cables over a field. (Credit: Joe Raedle—Getty Images)

We’re in the early stages of an electricity boom. From renewables, to AI, to electric vehicles, the green transition’s most vital sectors all need electricity, and far more of it than ever before. 

As these technologies expand, massive increases in power consumption across the country are exposing deep weaknesses in the grid, the sprawling network of thousands of power plants and some 500,000 miles of power cables that provide electricity to millions of homes and businesses across the country. 

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