Utilities

What's straining the grid and our wallets.

Utilities

Aug 26, 2026

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$18.6 billion in rate increase requests in six months, and the second quarter alone set a record.

PowerLines

Utilities

Aug 26, 2026

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The price of household electricity is up 7.9% in a year, to 18.11 cents a kilowatt-hour from 16.78 cents over the same stretch in 2025.

US Energy Information Administration

Utilities

Aug 26, 2026

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Households under $50,000 pay up to 6.5% of their income for electricity. The top bracket? Pays a fifth of that.

Bipartisan Policy Center

Utilities

Aug 6, 2026

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$817 average past-due balance, up nearly 40% in four years

The Century Foundation

Utilities

Aug 6, 2026

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$186 billion in profit for 110 utilities, 13 cents of every dollar customers paid

Consumer Reports

Utilities

Aug 6, 2026

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13.4 million residential electricity shutoffs in a single year

US Energy Information Administration

Utilities

Jul 22, 2026

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Summer of sweat: cooling bills hit a record $792

NEADA

Utilities

Jul 22, 2026

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The $25 billion tab nobody can pay

NEADA / Moneywise

Utilities

Jul 22, 2026

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Server farms send you the bill: $23 billion and counting

Fortune / PJM

Utilities

Jul 22, 2026

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The AI tax on your thermostat: $30 billion a year by 2030

Forbes / Energy Innovation

Utilities

$18.6 billion in rate increase requests in six months, and the second quarter alone set a record.

The price of household electricity is up 7.9% in a year, to 18.11 cents a kilowatt-hour from 16.78 cents over the same stretch in 2025.

Households under $50,000 pay up to 6.5% of their income for electricity. The top bracket? Pays a fifth of that.

$817 average past-due balance, up nearly 40% in four years

$186 billion in profit for 110 utilities, 13 cents of every dollar customers paid

13.4 million residential electricity shutoffs in a single year

Summer of sweat: cooling bills hit a record $792

The $25 billion tab nobody can pay

Server farms send you the bill: $23 billion and counting

The AI tax on your thermostat: $30 billion a year by 2030

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