Mind the gap: Between 2024 and 2025, forced outages reduced coal availability by 39.8 TWh and gas availability by 19.1 TWh, NERC noted in its 2026 State of Reliability report. These shortfalls put a dent in the country’s deployable reserves—a concerning trend as demand only continues to grow.
Clean energy is also hitting a huge speed bump: Renewable developers are racing to kick off construction before the July 4 federal tax credit cutoff. After this deadline, renewable PPA prices could jump by over 40% across the US grid (and more than double in ERCOT).
Molly Glick
Energy Central Team
Sun, Jun 28
NEWS: Aging coal and gas plants are threatening the country’s backup power supply.
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