Regulations Are Making It Harder To Meet the Nation’s Power Demands

Co-located facilities have received support from some utilities and industry experts who contend that they can bring generation to large-load customers, such as data centers, more quickly than through the standard regulatory process. And, because additional transmission doesn’t need to be built—the cost of which gets passed on to consumers through higher rates—co-location facilities can lead to cost savings for ratepayers…

While co-locating facilities can be an innovative solution to expedite new generation, the real issue that needs to be addressed is reforming the country’s burdensome permitting process, Kent Chandler, a resident senior fellow in energy and environmental policy at the R Street Institute, tells Reason.