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Dive Brief:
Several North American grid assessment areas will see sharp changes in demand response availability this summer, compared with 2025, according to the most recent assessment from the North American Electric Reliability Corp.
The U.S. regions with the most significant changes include the Southeastern Electric Reliability Corp. Central region (+172.3% from 2025), the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (+54.9%), the Southwest Power Pool (+25.8%) and New England (-13.3%).
Demand management is getting more attention from utilities looking to find near-term solutions to add capacity to the grid, due in large part to increasing demand from data centers and large industrial loads. NERC expects peak demand across the North American bulk power system to increase by 224 GW, or 24%, over the next 10 years.
