Retail electricity prices are climbing faster than inflation, and the most popular political fixes would make things worse.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Increasing electricity bills have made the rise in AI data centers, with enormous electricity needs, a hot button political issue.
Despite falling renewable generation costs, electricity bills are rising because infrastructure upgrades, grid complexity, and timing now outweigh fuel savings for consumers. If you have opened your ...
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Michael Thomas, CEO of Cleanview, about his new report on tech companies' plans to build their own off-grid power plants to provide energy for data centers.
NPR's series Cost of Living: The Price We Pay is examining what's driving price increases and how people are coping after years of stubborn inflation. How are higher prices changing the way you live?