The data-center boom is pushing electricity costs to the breaking point for PJM Interconnection — the country’s biggest grid operator, serving more than 65 million people from the mid-Atlantic coast ...

(The Center Square) – Increased energy use from artificial intelligence data centers in Wisconsin will have a cost. But the question is whether those costs will reach the residential utility payers on ...

RICHMOND, Va.—The State Corporation Commission in November approved a new Dominion Energy rate increase for 2026 that will add $16 a month to the typical residential bill and assign more costs to data ...

Two new Florida proposals may help protect consumers in the state from the impacts of AI technology, addressing issues ranging from the costs of AI data centers to consumer data privacy. “Today, I ...

Nike Carstarphen’s electricity bill is rising, even when she’s using less power. The Baltimore resident’s electricity rate jumped 20% from August to September, even though she had cut her usage 40%, ...

Senators are demanding answers from tech companies and data center developers about their electricity use. Senators are demanding answers from tech companies and data center developers about their ...

Three Senate Democrats said Tuesday that they are investigating the impact of data centers on consumer electricity bills amid concerns that the expansion of energy-hungry artificial intelligence (AI) ...

As data centers hurtle to the forefront of the national debate over AI and energy costs, Northern Virginia offers a preview of the political fights that will play out in communities across the country ...

A simple story has taken hold in American politics: Big Tech is consuming vast amounts of electricity to power artificial intelligence, and ordinary households are paying the price. It's a tidy ...

SALINE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) — It seems like every few weeks, a new data center is being proposed in metro Detroit — and one of the main concerns for those who ...

MADISON – A new Republican legislative proposal seeks to shield Wisconsinites from utility bill increases while allowing the state to reap economic benefits of data centers, according to a memo from ...