Who pays for the AI power bill? Settles
In the EIA-861M data through August 2026, as first published, is the median twelve-month change in the average household price per kilowatt-hour across the nine jurisdictions PJM serves (Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia) at least four percentage points above the median change across the other 42?
The price is residential revenue divided by residential sales over September 2025 to August 2026, against September 2024 to August 2025, for each of the 51 jurisdictions, as the Part computes it for the year to July (11.
- The load pays its way Builders fund their own lines, substations and security deposits; costs assigned to whoever causes them keep households whole.
- The bill no state can shield The capacity price reaches every bill before any invoice is drawn; no state tariff can shield households from a wholesale scarcity.
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