Power utilities in the United States have applied for permission to raise electricity prices, with a demand surge from AI data centers suggested as the reason, the Financial Times reported today, citing data from PowerLines, an energy affordability advocacy. In the first half of this year, U.S. power utilities applied for price hikes of a total $29 billion, the FT said, adding this represented a 142% increase on the first half of 2024. The publication also cited a forecast from BloombergNEF that said electricity consumption was set to more than…
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