Fortnightly Magazine - July 2026

Harnessing Large Load Growth

Creating Benefits for Customers and System Operators

“EVs represent a longer-term transformation, but despite their differences, both data centers and EVs share important similarities. Each represents a rapidly growing and uncertain source of load, driven by evolving technology and market dynamics.”

The Operator's Question

Why The Grid Needs the Institution Before the Technology

“The bottleneck is organizational: The absence of shared definitions, common standards, and distributed governance over what gets measured, how it gets validated, and what obligations come with participation in a collective intelligence effort.”
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