NextEra Energy: Powering Up For The Next Decade Of Growth
Frederick Doerschem Power demand has been flat for decades but is expected to increase in the US. EIA projected power demand will rise to 4,103 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) in 2024 and 4,159 billion kWh in 2025 compared with 4,000 billion kWh in 2023. Over a longer time frame, US power demand is expected to grow ~38% over the next twenty years, which is a 4x higher growth rate than seen in the last two decades. Growth is expected to be driven by trends such as industrial electrification, manufacturing onsho ...