New Hampshire Increase in Monthly Residential Energy Prices1
ISO-NE Demand Increase by 20332
New York Increase in Monthly Residential Energy Prices3
NYISO Demand Increase by 20424
Pennsylvania Increase in Monthly Residential Energy Prices5
PJM Demand Increase by 20396
More than 80–90% of new technologies today depend primarily on electricity, and in many industry sectors the figure is effectively 100%. To generate this power every source of energy has a role to play, and solar is expected provide more than any other type of generation in the immediate future.
Over the next two years as new demand for power is expected to soar, solar will be the fastest-growing source of U.S. electricity generation.7
Solar alone is expected to account for more than half of all new generating capacity added in 2025.8
Solar and battery storage account for 81% of planned new U.S. generating capacity additions in 2025.9
Utility-scale solar is the fastest-growing and lowest-cost alternative to meet our growing demand, while remaining the lowest-cost new source of electricity generation despite recent cost increases.10
1 New Hampshire Public Radio, Electricity prices are about to go up in NH. Here’s why. 2026.
2 ISO New England. 2024 Capacity, Energy, Loads, and Transmission (CELT) Report, 2024.
3 Empire Center, Energy Data Bulletin, 2026.
4 New York Independent System Operator. Power Trends 2025, 2025.
5 Independent Fiscal Office, Pennsylvania Electricity Update, 2026.
6 PJM Interconnection. 2024 PJM Long-Term Load Forecast, 2024.
7 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Today in Energy, January 2026.
8 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Today in Energy, August 2025.
9 Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Today in Energy, February 2025.
10 Source: Reuters, "Solar costs jump 18%, but remain the cheapest generation to build, Lazard says," July 13, 2026.