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Data centers have hiked electricity prices on the public by $23B

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Re: Data centers have hiked electricity prices on the public by $23B

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Post by njovin » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 2:36 PM UTC

dunWithIt wrote: post #102

njovin wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

First they gave all the water away for free to big ag, and now they're doing the same with the power.

Nbd sun will provide power for a few billion years still Not the political hill to die on

The hill to die on might be the one behind your house that has a nice view of the illegal methane generators that these data centers are using, because they sure as hell aren't running on solar.

Re: Data centers have hiked electricity prices on the public by $23B

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Post by apple4ever » Tue, Jul 28, 2026, 6:21 PM UTC

kmod wrote: post #54

This $23B number that gets thrown around is not the increase to the public. The wording in the referenced report is > Based on actual auction clearing prices and quantities and uplift MW, inclusion of existing and forecast data center load growth resulted in a combined total increase in capacity market revenue for the 2025/2026 BRA, the 2026/2027 BRA, and the 2027/2028 BRA of $23,100,955,341. This is the increase in…

> my personal takeaway was that the PJM market is just very dysfunctional and they are blaming the datacenters instead.

That matches my thoughts after reading it too.

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