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Your utility bills keep going up. Here's everyone you can blame—AI data centers included

Utilities announce hundreds of billions in spending as data centers boom and ratepayers' costs rise.

Fortune

Illinois governor proposes cancelling tax breaks for datacenters

Pritzker’s move reflects increasing public pushback against resource-hungry facilities used to power the AI boom

The Guardian - US

Data centers told to pitch in as storms and cold weather boost power demand

As Winter Storm Fern swept across the United States in late January 2026, bringing ice, snow and freezing temperatures, it left more than a million people without power, mostly in the Southeast.

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Trump’s failed energy bill pledge leaves US households struggling: ‘It’s obscene’

A year after then candidate Trump promised to cut energy bills in half, rising costs are pushing many Americans’ household budgets to the brink

The Guardian - US

Trump makes a political power play on data centers

Officials are scrambling to enable quick build-out of energy-thirsty AI data centers without sticking consumers with even higher bills.

Axios

White House and governors join together to push nation’s largest grid operator to lower prices

New initiative is an unprecedented pressure campaign against the largest grid operator

The Independent UK

How the White House and governors want to fix AI-driven power shortages and price spikes

The White House and a bipartisan group of governors are taking aim at power shortages and price spikes from data centers for artificial intelligence

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East coast could soon get rolling blackouts during summer because data centers have pushed electric grid to the limit

PJM, which services nearly 70 million Americans, could be forced to trigger blackouts during periods of high demand

The Independent UK

Why Your January Electric Bill Has a New ‘Grid Fee’ (And the 13 States Hit Hardest)

If you opened your utility bill this week and felt a jolt that had nothing to do with a live wire, you aren’t alone. Thousands...

Saving Advice

AI Data Centers Are Driving US Power Crunch—And Even Record Grid Spending Isn't Enough, New Research Finds

The United States could face mounting reliability risks as electricity demand from data centers climbs far faster than grid capacity, according to two new BloombergNEF (BNEF) reports released on Monday.

Benzinga

After Years of Sparring, Gov. Shapiro Abandons Pennsylvania’s Landmark Climate Initiative

Environmentalists see decision as 'shocking reversal' on fighting global warming; fossil fuel industry claims it would have led to higher utility bills.

Capital & Main

Big Tech's energy-hungry data centers could be bumped off grids during power emergencies

As Big Tech’s data centers continue to grow threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are considering bumping the energy-hungry data centers off grids during power emergencies

The Independent UK

AI is eating up Pennsylvania's power, governor threatens to pull state from the grid — new plants aren't being built fast enough to keep up with demand

Spiking demand is sending energy bills skyrocketing, while the governor threatens to pull the state from the grid.

Tom’s Hardware

To prevent blackouts, Trump administration keeps an aging power plant online through summer

The U.S. Department of Energy is ordering an oil and gas power plant to keep its turbines running through the hottest summer months as a precaution against electricity shortfalls in the mid-Atlantic grid

The Independent UK

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NRG rides the power wave with big deals as the S&P 500’s biggest riser in 2025

NRG is doubling its natural gas-fired power plant fleet through acquisitions and preparing to thrive with or without the data center power boom.

The Conversation

Why your electricity bill is so high and what Pennsylvania is doing about it

Americans’ electricity bills tend to tick up each year in line with inflation.

Capital & Main

Solar Grants Held Hostage in Pennsylvania Legislature — as Demand Soars

While Solar for All funds languish, the state continues to lag behind most of the nation when it comes to renewable energy.

MarketBeat

Dominion Energy: Renewable Energy Lights Up Investor Optimism

Dominion Energy's latest earnings showcase how strategic investments in renewable energy sources are driving financial growth and promising investor returns.

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As Skyrocketing Power Demand Sparks Up Utility Stocks, This ETF is a Buy

PJM Interconnection just held an auction for supplemental electricity to be delivered in 2025 and 2026, and the clearing price was nearly 10 times the level set at the last auction two years ago. The market has spoken, and it's saying that you're going to have to pay a lot…

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1 Natgas Stock to Scoop Up as the 'AI Effect' Sends Energy Demand Skyward

ChatGPT uses nearly 10 times more electricity than Google search, according to the IEA. With energy consumption expected to keep surging on rising data center demand, natural gas is ready to rise to the occasion. Here's one way for investors to play it.

Capital & Main

Private Equity Kept Aging Pennsylvania Coal Plant Open, Then Closed It With No Plan for Workers and Community

“Polluting behemoth” Homer City Generating Station was the state's largest coal-fired power plant.

Chicago Sun-Times

Make it easier for pharmacies trying to get COVID-19 treatments to patients

Delayed access to treatment could potentially mean the difference between someone experiencing mild symptoms of COVID-19 and hospitalization, a doctor writes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Why wait? Get renewable energy projects connected to the power grid

Somebody — probably Congress or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission — has to figure out how to get these projects up and running.

The Independent UK

Nearly 200 million people in US are under heat, flood advisories

Nearly 200 million people in the United States are under either a heat advisory or flood warning of some kind, as high temperatures and severe storms are to continue blazing and battering the nation

Chicago Sun-Times

It’s a myth that burning fossil fuels is a reliable way to generate power

Too often, the operators of fossil fuel plants that emit greenhouse gases can’t perform when customers need them most, a CUB leader writes. They shouldn’t be off the hook for fines when they fail on our power grid.

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