Cascade Policy Institute

America’s grid is buckling under AI demand — and bad policy is the culprit.
Regulatory roadblocks and local veto power are stopping the energy projects we need, driving up costs and pushing investment elsewhere. Oregon is already living this reality.

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OilPrice.com

Why the AI Boom Is About to Break the U.S. Power Grid | OilPrice.com The U.S. power grid was built for a 20th-century economy and cannot deliver what the AI boom requires. A handful of companies that secured power capacity outside the American grid are about to look very different from the way they do today.

Governor Kotek’s choice not to opt Oregon into the federal Education Freedom Tax Credit means families here won’t have access to the scholarships available in many other states.

Her decision raises an important policy question: whether Oregon’s education system is flexible enough to welcome new models that expand opportunity and empower families to choose what works best for their children.

Oregon Gov. Kotek declines §25F after reconsidering, citing Treasury limits on state SGO rules On June 12, 2026, Gov. Tina Kotek said Oregon will not opt into the federal §25F scholarship tax credit, blaming Treasury's refusal to let states add SGO-specific rules tougher than federal law for leaving the state without the flexibility to participate 'in alignment with our values.'