How America powers its cities.
React FAQ models how much electricity each U.S. metro uses and translates that demand into reactors, capital cost bands, and comparisons against today's grid mix.
America's 25 largest metros
Powering all of them with AP1000-class reactors would require 145 units.
That's roughly the capacity of every commercial reactor in the United States today, dedicated to just these 25 metros — home to 143 million people.
Annual demand
1.3B MWh
Reactors needed
145
Capex (mid)
$1619.7B
Population served
143M
Pick a metro
New York–Newark–Jersey City, NY-NJ
20,112,448 residents
Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA
12,844,441 residents
Chicago–Naperville–Elgin, IL-IN
9,434,123 residents
Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington, TX
8,477,157 residents
Houston–Pasadena–The Woodlands, TX
7,904,627 residents
Atlanta–Sandy Springs–Roswell, GA
6,482,182 residents
Washington–Arlington–Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
6,465,724 residents
Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach, FL
6,391,072 residents
Philadelphia–Camden–Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
6,329,118 residents
Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler, AZ
5,228,938 residents
Boston–Cambridge–Newton, MA-NH
5,034,221 residents
Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario, CA
4,769,007 residents
San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont, CA
4,630,041 residents
Detroit–Warren–Dearborn, MI
4,390,913 residents
Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, WA
4,161,883 residents
Minneapolis–St. Paul–Bloomington, MN-WI
3,790,295 residents
Tampa–St. Petersburg–Clearwater, FL
3,418,895 residents
San Diego–Chula Vista–Carlsbad, CA
3,282,248 residents
Denver–Aurora–Centennial, CO
3,092,037 residents
Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford, FL
2,957,672 residents
Charlotte–Concord–Gastonia, NC-SC
2,938,830 residents
Baltimore–Columbia–Towson, MD
2,857,781 residents
St. Louis, MO-IL
2,814,421 residents
San Antonio–New Braunfels, TX
2,813,140 residents
Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos, TX
2,620,945 residents