Article Out Loud – How Local Power Can Save the Grid

This is an article by Charles (Chuck) L. Manto, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, November 19, 2025.The United States power grid, including its planned growth of transmission capabilities, was not built for the new demands of data centers such as those used for artificial intelligence or cascading high-impact disasters. Yet, the interdependency that creates modern risk could also build resilience through local energy generation if it were prioritized. Learn how local energy can ensure data uptime and safeguard local water, food, and healthcare infrastructure in “island mode.”Now to the featured article.