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In the past few weeks, three states moved on electricity costs:

IL: a public list of every bill charge beyond supply & delivery — what it funds, who keeps it — by 2027.

PA: data centers must report real power use or pay $10K/day.

NJ: cut a utility transmission bonus, put data centers in their own rate class to cover their costs.

It's almost like people want to see what they're paying for.

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"Close the blinds." "Run the dishwasher at night." The standard advice for the coming heat wave. All of it lowers how much you use. None of it touches the rate you're charged per kWh. In a lot of states you can change that part too. Funny how that never comes up.

Public blame toward data centers for rising electricity bills nearly doubled in nine months — 28% to more than half of Americans (Heatmap/Embold poll).

New Pew data: 75% of Americans say their home energy costs are up — 82% in the Northeast. Who do they blame? Utility profits (64%) and data centers (43%). Almost no one (13%) points to their own usage. People are looking at the system, not their thermostat.