EPSA Live: Building the Grid for the AI Era – With Peter Lake, White House National Energy Dominance Council

From Energy Solutions: A Podcast From EPSA by Electric Power Supply Association

March 23, 2026 · 31 min · Season 1 · Episode 61

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Peter Lake discusses the future of the U.S. power grid in the context of increasing demand from AI.

In this special live episode of Energy Solutions, recorded at EPSA’s 5th Annual Competitive Power Summit, Peter Lake of the White House National Energy Dominance Council joins Todd Snitchler to discuss the future of the U.S. power grid as demand surges from AI. Lake highlights the need to modernize grid policy, speed up interconnection, and support new infrastructure, emphasizing that energy policy is critical to economic strength, competitiveness, and national security. Topics in...

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Host: Todd Snitchler

Guest: Peter Lake

Topics covered

U.S. power grid
AI demand
grid policy modernization
infrastructure support
energy policy

Keywords

power grid
AI
energy policy
infrastructure
economic strength
national security

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: White House National Energy Dominance Council, Electric Power Supply Association