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Open original source ↗This is easily solved by hiving-off the commercial customer(AI) business from state regulatory return-on-equity rate increase calculations for residential customers. They shouldn’t be blended anymore, given AI demand needs.
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Millions of Americans across the eastern U.S. are seeing their monthly electric bills spike, and many of them have no idea why. But there’s a culprit: data centers that power artificial intelligence. The data centers consume huge amounts of electricity, and as a result, are creating intense demand on the power grid and driving up rates for residential customers. https://t.co/3y9bcoTIf2
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