On Fox 5 Live Zone with Guy Lambert, Amy Cooke pushed back on the claim that AI data centers are driving up your electric bill. The affordability crisis dates back to resource and generation policies set 5 to 10 years ago, when states bet on expensive, unreliable power and still needed to maintain a second reliable system to back it up.
Ratepayers now cover both, and the bill for those old choices is coming due. Data centers demand 24/7 reliable power, and the question is whether the U.S. builds them or cedes that capacity to countries like China that lack democratic accountability. The nation that delivers abundant, affordable, reliable power wins.