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A new report from the agency charged with overseeing AmericaÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s energy system warns that soaring electricity demand is outstripping supply, and current energy policies driving more power plants into retirement are making the problem worse.

The North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) recently released its updated Long-Term Reliability Assessment, and its analysis is dire. The combination of increased electrification of power demand and the retirement of baseload power generation from coal and nuclear is creating a possibility that power demand will outstrip supply.

Michael Graham is the managing editor of .

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