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We Found the Hidden Cost of Data Centers. It’s in Your Electric Bill
Data centers drove 63 percent of PJM's record capacity auction price increase, adding an estimated $9.3 billion in costs for ratepayers across 13 states. Amazon and Meta negotiate secret utility deals that shift infrastructure spending onto households. Maryland and Oregon passed laws creating separate rate classes for data centers in response.
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Kilowatt Madness – Paul Krugman
Soaring electricity prices, driven largely by surging demand from AI data centers and crypto mining, are contributing to stagflation—contradicting promises to cut energy costs in half. Data from the Department of Energy shows that renewables are not to blame for rising prices, while policies blocking renewable expansion and rolling back efficiency standards are making the…
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Data Centers Issue Brief | National Caucus of Environmental Legislators
This NCEL issue brief outlines state legislative strategies to address data center impacts on the electricity grid, ratepayers, and clean energy goals. It highlights bills from Texas, Georgia, Utah, Virginia, Minnesota, and New Jersey covering transparency requirements, ratepayer protections, demand response programs, and clean energy mandates for data centers. The brief notes that electricity costs…
Exposing AI Data Center Threats and Harms