Electricity is undoubtedly a revolutionary innovation. What was once a simple experiment has become adapted and spread to power an entire nation. Now, in 2025, the U.S. power grid is outputting the most amount of electricity in its history. However, while the output is increasing the power consumption is increasing as well. Newer trends like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Electric Vehicles are innovative, but heavily taxing on the current power grid. Unfortunately, as the demand gets higher and higher, the power grid is also becoming older and older. So, how can we keep power output greater than power consumption?

The easiest way to keep output levels high would be to update the underlying infrastructure. Around 70% of transmission lines are approaching their end of service date along with 55% of residential transformers. Not only does this make the power grid less reliable, but it makes it less efficient. This also leaves the power grid unprepared for the higher power demands on the horizon. However, electric service suppliers are providing newer and improved replacements to keep the grid running. For example, the medium voltage dry type transformers from ELSCO are not only more resilient, but they are 99.4% efficient compared to older models. Ultimately, to make sure that the power grid stays ahead of the curve, replacing the infrastructure ASAP is the way to go.