No Protection from Power Cost Surges?

An energy consultant describes the reasons for rising electricity demand – and offers tips for managing the seemingly inevitable power shortages to come.
June 4, 2025

Electricity demand is soaring around the world, and in the U.S. electric supply is dwindling. Manufacturers may not have realized this – but they will, and very soon, as electric utilities begin to apply capacity charges to their supply costs. In this installment of the Great Question podcast, energy consultant Brian Reinke – author of a new articlediagnoses the problem and suggests how manufacturers might prepare themselves to address the surging electricity costs.

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