Building for the future

As US electric utility companies strive to meet soaring power demand, they are also coming under increasing pressure to lower carbon emissions. Richard McMahon of the Edison Electric Institute looks at how firms plan to meet these two potentially opposing demands

Demand for US electricity is at record highs and is predicted to rise by 30% in the next 20 years, according to the US Energy Information Administration. US power companies are in a strong financial position to invest in infrastructure to meet increased demand, but this in itself is no longer enough. The power industry now has the task of substantially upping production while lowering its output of polluting emissions.

In order to do this, work needs to be carried out across many areas, and much

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