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The Grid

Live US electricity demand, region by region. Demand is the highest-frequency economic pulse there is — and where it runs hot vs its own baseline, something is happening.

vs trailing 

as of 2026-09-18 · EIA-930 daily totals

▶ play 3 years of demand · drag to scrub · click a region for its variance over time

Trends · sorted by anomaly · 30d

SWSouthwestz=-3.2

370K MWh

TEXTexasz=-2

1.67M MWh

CALCaliforniaz=-1.9

818K MWh

SESoutheastz=-1.9

748K MWh

NWNorthwestz=-1.8

1.00M MWh

FLAFloridaz=-1.7

836K MWh

CARCarolinasz=-0.8

738K MWh

MIDWMidwestz=-0.6

2.26M MWh

NENew Englandz=-0.6

328K MWh

TENTennesseez=+0.4

591K MWh

MIDAMid-Atlanticz=-0.4

2.62M MWh

CENTCentralz=-0.3

1.02M MWh

NYNew Yorkz=+0.1

452K MWh

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This is the real grid the Hyperscale data-center game simulates — pick your region against live national demand. Game link coming soon.

Source: EIA-930 Hourly Electric Grid Monitor, summed to daily MWh per region; trailing partial days excluded. Raw demand is weather-dominated — a heat-wave spike is air conditioning, not an economic boom. The interesting signal is demand running hot without a weather excuse (a weather-adjusted view is on the roadmap). Not investment advice.