Supports measures to improve the accuracy of electricity demand forecasting.

Improving the accuracy of electricity demand may be critical to ensuring that we're not making families pay for data center-related grid infrastructure that is never needed.

Pallone says he supports improving electricity demand forecasting to avoid unnecessary grid costs tied to data centers.

Pallone Opening Statement at Energy Legislative Hearing | Democrats, Energy and Commerce Committee
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"Improving the accuracy of electricity demand may be critical to ensuring that we're not making families pay for data center-related grid infrastructure that is never needed." Pallone delivered these remarks at the April 29, 2026 Energy Subcommittee hearing on "AI and the Grid: Meeting Growing Power Demand While Protecting Ratepayers."

Directly supports improving the accuracy of electricity demand forecasting to avoid unnecessary grid costs.

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Pallone Opening Statement at Energy Legislative Hearing | Democrats, Energy and Commerce Committee
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The committee repository shows the April 29, 2026 hearing "AI and the Grid: Meeting Growing Power Demand While Protecting Ratepayers," including the opening statement for Ranking Member Frank Pallone and witness materials focused on growing power demand.

Confirms Pallone's participation in a hearing centered on rising electricity demand, a concrete venue for advancing better demand forecasting.

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AI and the Grid: Meeting Growing Power Demand While Protecting Ratepayers
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The memorandum states that U.S. electricity demand is projected to grow significantly through the end of the decade, with recent estimates ranging from 3.7 percent to 15 percent annually by 2030, and notes that accurate peak-demand planning is necessary as demand growth continues.

Provides the policy problem Pallone was addressing: forecasting accuracy matters because demand is rising quickly and planning errors could raise costs.

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Majority Memorandum for April 29, 2026, Subcommittee on Energy Hearing
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Pallone said PJM had fallen behind in connecting new sources of energy to the grid while demand continues to rise, and urged FERC to act to prevent further price spikes.

Shows an ongoing legislative/oversight effort tied to electricity supply-demand planning, though not a direct forecasting measure.

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Pallone Urges FERC to Act as NJ Electricity Prices Surge, Warns Residents Face Another Spike
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