Inaugural Power Acceleration Index Announced by GridCARE Identifies Over $300 Billion in Value within the Existing Grid
Business Wire•09/10/2026•08:00 ET
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Key Highlights
- ➤Power Acceleration Index estimates 100-120 GW of additional national load capacity
- ➤Unlocked capacity could create $270-$350 billion in net customer benefit
- ➤Qualified 5 GW of additional load-serving capacity with six U.S. utilities
- ➤National Grid (NGG) collaboration identified up to 650 MW of flexible New York capacity
- ➤SCE study identified up to 20 MW of additional flexible Inland Empire capacity
Expert Statements
Amit Narayan, Founder and CEO of GridCARE
“The debate over AI infrastructure has focused on how much new power America needs to build. We asked a different question: how much power is already within the grid we have built?”
Amit Narayan, Founder and CEO of GridCARE
“Power Acceleration unlocks it through software and qualified flexibility, without requiring major grid upgrades. We have been actively qualifying power market by market, and now the Power Acceleration Index gives the whole industry a way to estimate the broader opportunity for the customers who paid for the grid should share in the value.”
Zoë Yujnovich, Chief Executive of National Grid
“In our first collaboration, GridCARE identified up to 650 MW of potential flexible connection capacity on our network in New York for large, flexible loads, This, in turn, reduces the customer connection time and costs.”
Chris Wagner, Senior Director Technical Services at Santee Cooper
“Traditional assessments showed that adding load at certain locations on our system would require lengthy, capital-intensive infrastructure upgrades. Partnering with GridCARE is enabling us to uncover flexible solutions to allow near-term capacity growth while maintaining grid reliability and advancing South Carolina’s economic development.”
Inaugural Power Acceleration Index Announced by GridCARE Identifies Over $300 Billion in Value within the Existing Grid
GridCARE Power Acceleration Qualifies Five Gigawatts of Additional Grid Capacity
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