States are cracking down on AI data centers. Your electricity bill is why:
Power bills keep rising and data centers keep growing. Eleven states have introduced ...
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- Multiple states are considering increased electricity rates specifically for data centers to allocate costs more equitably.
- Some data centers consume more power than entire cities, significantly straining the electric grid infrastructure.
- Research indicates that up to 70% of recent grid cost increases are driven by data center electricity demand.
- Regulators are developing rate models aimed at preventing residential and commercial customers from subsidizing data centers.
We’re talking about real transmission upgrades, potentially hundreds of millions of dollars. And that’s what you don’t want the ratepayer to get stuck paying for.— Stephen DeFrank, chairman of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, discussing the need to avoid passing the costs of transmission infrastructure onto ratepayers.
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