1、Black&Veatch2022-2023 Electric ReportRethinking theModern GridBLACK&VEATCH 2022-2023 ELECTRIC REPORT|ABOUT THIS REPORT|2About This ReportBased on a survey of roughly 250 U.S.power industry stakeholders,Black&Veatchs 2022-2023 Electric Report explores a sector transforming itself at an undeniably tra

2、nsformative time.This repowering of the power sector is profound in an increasingly complex energy ecosystem involving not only the rapid growth of hydrogen,microgrids and distributed energy,and power generation from the sun,wind and conventional sources but also changes being driven from the custom

3、er space.Aging infrastructure long the industrys chief challenge this year shares the top spot among the list of survey respondents concerns with the need to integrate the surging influx of renewables and distributed energy sources onto the grid.That challenge of accommodating green energy on the gr

4、id last year surpassed aging infrastructure as the industrys foremost challenge for the first time in our reports in more than a decade.Investment and regulatory uncertainty remain headwinds,along with pressures to bolster grid resilience against droughts,floods,hurricanes,wildfires and other extrem

5、e events brought about by climate change the bedrock of global pushes by countries,states,counties and corporations to decarbonize.Amid the migration toward cleaner,greener energy and quests for lower carbon footprints,the proliferation of electric vehicles is stoking pressure on power providers to

6、find ways to meet the expected,sizable charging needs.As electric utilities pursue heightened sustainability,reliability and resiliency,help appears to be coming from federal taxpayers in the form of welcomed,generational spending mechanisms pointing billions of dollars to grid improvements.This rep