• NextNRG issued an open letter urging President Donald Trump to back a federal “NEXT ENERGY Act” to fast-track grid buildout, transformer replacement, microgrid deployment, funding, refining capacity, and procurement modernization.
• NextNRG framed state-level data-center moratoriums as a strategic risk, citing Maine’s temporary limit on approvals for projects with loads of 20 MW or more until Nov. 1, 2027 as a key example.
• NextNRG highlighted grid strain, citing average 2024 customer outages of 11 hours, equal to about 1.43 billion outage-hours across roughly 130 million customers.
• NextNRG pointed to rising demand, citing EIA projections for total US electricity demand growth of 1.2% in 2026, rising to 3.3% in 2027.
• NextNRG cited Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory estimates that US data-center electricity use could rise to 325-580 TWh by 2028, equal to about 74-132 GW.

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