The exodus of key personnel at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will jeopardize its ability to oversee the nuclear power fleet and slow the licensing of new facilities to a crawl.

The consulting agency expects electricity prices to rise as much as 25% in some regions through 2030 due to necessary grid expansion, wildfire hardening and other infrastructure projects.

Former Trump senior adviser Elon Musk on Saturday said the Senate’s latest draft of the bill “gives handouts to industries of the past while severely damaging industries of the future.”

Limiting the 0.5% extra return on equity to three years — or ending it — could lower utility income by millions annually, the utilities say.

The convergence between oil, technology and utilities reflects a profound structural shift — energy and computing are no longer parallel industries but mutually dependent pillars of modern innovation.

A truly “competitive process” for siting the new nuclear capacity in New York would look beyond the three existing nuclear plants Constellation Energy owns near Lake Ontario, one analyst said.

“There are interoperability questions and there’s a need for technical guidance for utilities interested in installing these … self healing grid technologies,” NEMA Senior Vice President Patrick Hughes said.

“You never know about the next time, and there’s going to be a next time,” Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Mark Christie said about grid operators’ ability to avoid blackouts this week.

The Large-Scale Thermal program is accepting applications through July 31 for heating, cooling and hot water systems in single buildings of at least 100,000 square feet or campuses of 250,000 square feet and up.

As risks grow in both intensity and complexity, utilities that adopt this approach can shift from reactive planning to proactive strategy and face the future with greater confidence.