The Conversation

How deregulation made electricity more expensive, not cheaper

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 ...
CNBC

Electricity prices rising by double the rate of inflation. Data center demand means no relief ahead, analysts say

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 ...
New York Post

Electricity bills in California spiked 39% over six years — the most in the country

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 ...
Electrek

IEA: Electricity demand is rising fast, and grids can’t keep up

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% ...
Forbes

3 Reasons Your Electricity Is Becoming More Expensive

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about green energy tech that will change your life. Electricity prices are rising again, and this time it does not look ...
Wall Street Journal

Be Prepared to Keep Paying More for Electricity

Most Americans are paying more for electricity—and need to prepare their wallets for further pain ahead. Data centers are getting much of the blame lately for rising power costs, but they aren’t the ...
The Washington Post

The U.S. may have a secret weapon against rising electricity prices

Imagine a restaurant open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week that always maintains a full staff. With the exception of weekend nights and the lunch rush, the restaurant will be empty a lot of the time. But ...
CNN

An electricity crunch is driving high bills in these states. It’s not getting better anytime soon

Residents of mid-Atlantic states like Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania who have spent years plagued by high electricity bills just got some bad news: Relief is not on the way. As CNN recently ...
Machine Design

COMSOL Multiphysics Version 6.4 Speeds Up Simulation with GPU-Accelerated Solvers

COMSOL Multiphysics version 6.4 accelerates engineering simulations and multiphysics models. Full GPU support across all physics delivers up to 5× speedups in benchmarks. COMSOL now supports GPU ...
The Hill

Energy secretary predicts that electricity prices will stop rising ‘very soon’

Energy Secretary Chris Wright expressed optimism that electricity prices will eventually come down. “Very soon, you’ll see a stop of the rise of electricity prices. And with the continuation of [the ...
CNET

The AI Data Center Boom Is Driving Up Electricity Costs, Research Shows

Electricity bills are rising around the US, but they're rising even more sharply in areas located near data centers, according to an investigation into power costs by Bloomberg. The price of wholesale ...