Want lower electric bills? Let utilities build power plants again

Electricity bills keep climbing, and politicians and pundits are searching for someone to blame. Data centers have become a popular scapegoat — a narrative the Taxpayers Protection Alliance has been busy debunking. Others point the finger at utilities, arguing they are incentivized to build more and spend more to goose

New Jersey is requiring big data centers to shoulder more of their own power costs, while an Indiana utility says revenue from major new customers could cut household bills by about $100 a year.