Committee hears warning that data-center growth could require new dispatchable generation
An expert told the Kansas Utilities Committee that rapid growth in data centers and other electrification will increase peak electricity demand and that renewable additions alone may not provide the dispatchable capacity needed to meet that demand.
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Dr. David Dismukes, professor emeritus at the Center for Energy Studies, Louisiana State University, told the Kansas Utilities Committee on an informational day that rapid growth in electricity demand — driven in part by data centers, industrial electrification and expanded oil-and-gas and refining activity — could create a capacity shortfall unless policymakers and utilities plan for more dispatchable generation.
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