This is the third straight year that submittals have exceeded the previous all-time high, reflecting an acceleration of the resource transition. This acceleration is a trend identified in MISO’s Renewable Integration Impact Assessment (RIIA), among other sources. “At this point, we are experiencing exponential growth in the queue,” Andy Witmeier, director of resource utilization at MISO, said. “The current applications continue to be heavily weighted with renewables and standalone storage requests again tripling the amount submitted the previous year.”

Supply and Demand doesn't really work at the consumer level for grid provided energy and most people don't have the ability to produce their own. Its good that some people started to work on these problems decades ago while others were doing nothing.