Opinion: Why Your Electric Bill Keeps Rising

October 2, 2025

Electricity rates are climbing across the U.S. Many blame the boom in artificial-intelligence data centers for driving electricity demand, which could increase 25% by 2030. Soaring demand ought to be good news—it signals a flourishing economy. In an efficient market, it would trigger a construction boom in reliable and affordable power sources. But it hasn’t because of artificial constraints on generation capacity.

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