The projected US need for new power over the next few years is enormous. Unfortunately, there is little talk of an intense nationwide conservation effort to reduce the need for new power plants.
Conservation creates jobs, prevents pollution, and is far cheaper than building new power plants.
But there will be instances where, given the booming economy in the United States, new generating capacity is needed. You Can't Keep a Good Generator Down E lectricity generation began as micropower. Within a few years, coal-fired steam boilers running internal combustion engines, and recycling their waste heat, were powering and heating individual buildings and neighborhoods in cities across the globe. The original heyday of micropower was brief. Technological, economic, and regulatory factors conspired to replace micropower with megapower.