JACKSON, Michigan — Consumers Energy on Friday said its plan to carry out new upgrades was approved, a move it told WTOL 11 on Wednesday would increase the price of electricity for customers by about ...

John Steinbach was shocked to receive a $281 electricity bill in January 2026—a huge spike from the roughly $100 he’d paid the previous month. “It’s just so far beyond any bill that I’ve ever had,” he ...

Thousands of residents across the Carolinas are calling for an independent audit of Duke Energy, saying unexplained spikes in electric bills are putting financial strain on households across the state ...

Pennsylvania House lawmakers convened at the state Capitol in Harrisburg to explore two proposals aimed at reducing electric bills by enhancing grid efficiency and employing smart technology.The ...

Retail electricity prices are rising faster than inflation—and the fixes being discussed in Washington and state capitals could make things worse, not better. President Trump has pointed to AI data ...

For the past two years, Americans have been told the artificial intelligence revolution will change everything, including how we work, how we invest, how we learn and how businesses operate. But there ...

Maryland’s top Democratic leaders on Friday unveiled a sweeping legislative package aimed at lowering electricity bills, boosting in-state energy generation, and tightening utility oversight, as ...

FORSYTH, Ga. — Data centers are moving into Central Georgia at a rapid pace, and they are bringing massive electricity demands with them. Now, state lawmakers are fighting over a simple but ...

Seven major technology companies that rely on power-guzzling data centers to train their AI models signed a pledge promising to pay more for electricity in a bid by the Trump administration to tamp ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—Protestors stood in the snow outside the offices of Ohio’s utility regulator in January to say they were fed up with rising electricity rates. Even a few years ago, the scene would have ...

Gov. Mike Braun signed a dense piece of energy legislation, flush with bipartisan support, into law on Feb. 26 that aims to address the state's energy affordability crisis. Many Indiana state ...

CoreSite’s Reston data center campus (staff photo by James Jarvis) High-than-usual electric bills in Virginia this winter have prompted discussion about the role data centers could play in driving up ...