From PBS NewsHour.

Blackouts and power outages could be 100 times more common in the U.S. in just five years, according to a Department of Energy Report released this week. It found that rising demand and an aging power generation infrastructure threaten U.S. capacity.

It comes as energy prices are now rising faster than inflation, and as the U.S. Energy Information Administration projects record power demand in 2025 and 2026, thanks in part to the rapid rise of AI data centers.

Yet, U.S. policy just took a big turn away from the fastest growing energy production technologies: renewables like wind and solar, which are also faster to bring online than legacy power sources.

To dive into how Trump’s ‘big bill’ might reshape U.S. energy supply, PBS News’ Tim McPhillips spoke with Alexa St. John, a climate reporter with The Associated Press.

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