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Why AI data centers might lower electricity prices — not raise them
Big Think | Ross Pomeroy | April 22, 2026
Some people worry that adding data centers to their communities will drive up electricity demand and lead to higher utility bills for households. In reality, electricity prices depend less on data centers themselves and more on how utilities expand capacity and manage supply in response to new demand. With the right policies and technologies in place, data centers can actually improve grid efficiency and help lower electricity costs rather than raise them. Read more.
Virginia grid utilization bill set to become law
Utility Dive | Brian Martucci | April 8, 2026
A pending Virginia law will require the state’s two major vertically integrated utilities to provide detailed distribution grid utilization data to state regulators this year and propose initiatives to use more existing capacity. Read more.
Better grid utilization could save customers $170B: Brattle report
Utility Dive | Brian Martucci | March 23, 2026
Improved grid utilization could save customers of vertically integrated U.S. utilities $110 billion to $170 billion over the next 10 years, according to a new analysis prepared by the Brattle Group for GridLab and the Utilize Coalition. Read more.
There’s a better way to use the electric grid—and cut power bills
Fast Company | Adele Peters | March 10, 2026
When electricity demand is set to surge—say, from a new power-hungry data center—the default response from a utility is often to build a new (and expensive) power plant and other infrastructure. A new report released by a cross-industry coalition called Utilize argues that we can make better use of existing power on the grid instead. Read more.
RELEASE: Carrier, Tesla, and Industry Leaders Launch Campaign to Lower Electricity Costs by Unlocking Underused Grid Capacity
Utilize Coalition | March 10, 2026
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new industry-led coalition, Utilize, today announced its launch to address the most urgent challenges facing the U.S. energy system: growing electricity demand and rising power bills driven in part by an electric grid that is built for short periods of peak use but underutilized most of the time. Read more.