Natively I would expect this to be true of every sequential year. Doesn’t really seem like news? Unless population is going to decline rapidly or something

Edit: ya, look at this plot https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/topic/5?geo=g... The yearly peak is not moronically increasing with time, but it’s pretty close. Every year is more or less a new “record”.

> The yearly peak is not moronically increasing with time,

In recent years it is when you consider most of the crypto/AI use cases. If you meant monotonically then yes, but the degree is still affected by said use cases.

Oh yes, should have been monotonically, lol

With LEDs light bulbs and other focuses on energy savings in devices I'm interested in this new record.

Power usage is associated with economic activity and progress and should not be demonized, especially as the US has been a pioneering force in the trend of appliances and technology to increase efficiency dramatically.