In the 21st century, electricity has gone from a luxury to an important part of everyday life. Powering a smartphone, providing air conditioning for your house, and lighting your house are all common lifestyles for many Americans. However, more recent trends like electric vehicles and artificial intelligence are causing even more power to be demanded from the US grid. So, with the consistent increase in power demand, is supply keeping up?
Currently, the US power grid is between 40 and 70 years old. As with all things, age in this infrastructure causes lower overall performance and things to break down more frequently. Specifically, 70% of transmission lines and over 50% of residential transformers are rapidly approaching their end-of-life dates. This can cause a massive ripple effect, as other transformers may have to pick up the slack for broken down transformers, which can further break down the US power grid.
Ultimately, the most efficient way to keep the US grid powering forward is to replace transformers as soon as possible. Companies like ELSCO offer new transformers that not only come with a warranty, but are more efficient than their predecessors. To make sure the power grid is ready for the power demand of tomorrow, it’s essential to prepare and upgrade its infrastructure today.
Source: ELSCO
