From the Chicago Tribune article on storage batteries:
There isn’t enough supply to meet demand. An influx of power-hungry data centers and the steady flow of industry back to Illinois are colliding with delays in getting renewable energy projects on the grid.
“Nobody anticipated the increased demand we were going to see from data centers. That is becoming a game changer,” [State Senator Bill] Cunningham said.
According to the watchdog North American Electric Reliability Corp., the state is already at an “elevated risk” of losing power during extreme weather events like heat waves and polar vortexes. Both are only expected to become more frequent and severe as climate change worsens.
The extra cost per month for homeowners for at least five years, if Cunningham’s solution is passed, is $7.50 to $10.
Little Bill died about fifty years ago.
