A unified power grid would offer many advantages. Instead of relying on many independent, regional power stations a unified grid could reduce fuel usage and green house gas emissions. It would increase the reliability of our power generation by balancing power demands dynamically so those facing sever weather conditions, fuel shortages or rolling blackouts, drawing power from an area with an excess at the time. Renewable forms of power generation could be built and added on to the existing grid, also creating new job opportunities while replacing older fossil fuel based power generation. For example the proposed 780-mile Grain Belt Express would use Solar and Wind power to provide 4 gigawats of power, enough for 1.6 million homes. A wind farm could also be built in the middle of the ocean and provide power to multiple countries at once.

A unified grid would also be a vulnerable target. In 2022, in the US alone there were more than 100 cyberattacks on the power grid. A unified grid would need to be very robust to prevent the entire country from losing power. Privately owned utilities, generating about 85% of the total electric energy of America, are vigorously opposed to the national grid and are likely to put up every conceivable defense against it.
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