Noah Dormady receives funding from The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the US National Science Foundation (NSF), and the US Department of Energy (DOE ...

Ty Roush is a breaking news reporter based in New York City. The cost of electricity rose by more than 6% in 2025—over double the rate of inflation—and economists anticipate Americans spending more on ...

Electricity prices jumped 6.9% in 2025 year over year, more than double the headline inflation rate of 2.9%, according to Goldman Sachs. Prices will continue to rise through the end of the decade as ...

Anthropic PBC has become the latest artificial intelligence model maker to pledge that its vast energy consumption will not drive up the cost of electricity for regular citizens. The company said ...

International Energy Agency says global electricity demand is growing at its fastest pace in 15 years, set to rise more than 3.5% annually through 2030. While renewables, nuclear, and natural gas are ...

If you’ve noticed your electricity bill soaring, it’s not just you. Californians have seen their energy bills spike by 39% over the past six years — the most by far of any state, according to UC ...

Global electricity demand is surging, and the grid is struggling to keep up, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). Global power demand is set to grow by more than 3.5% ...

Static electricity shocks are more common in the winter because of the season's dry air. Friction between materials, like socks on carpet, builds up a static charge in low humidity. Using a humidifier ...

Rising electricity prices predate the AI boom, driven by limited supply, outdated grids, and regulatory bottlenecks. There is a myth gaining traction in both political parties and among the public ...

Over the past few years, millions of Americans have seen their electricity bills skyrocket. Since February 2020, electricity prices have increased by an average of 40 percent across the country. In ...

U.S. electricity costs have risen 32% in the last five years, contributing to an affordability crisis for consumers. Soaring power demand from data centers and AI is colliding with an already strained ...

Lansing — The price of electricity for residential customers in Michigan has more than doubled in the past 20 years, as broader financial pressures and a growing debate over data centers have put ...