POWER · T04
Who pays for the AI power bill?
Households in the nine jurisdictions PJM serves paid a median 11.7% more per kilowatt-hour over the year to July than the year before, against 5.6% elsewhere. Data center builders tell regulators they pay their own way. PJM's market monitor told them no state commission can shield households from the capacity price their demand sets.
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The load pays its way
Builders fund their own lines, substations and security deposits; costs assigned to whoever causes them keep households whole.
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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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The questions
Settles Oct 20closed
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?
Settles Dec 9open
Does PJM's Base Residual Auction for the 2029/2030 delivery year, scheduled for December 9, 2026, clear the RTO-wide capacity price below the price cap in effect for that auction?
Settles Feb 22open
In the EIA-861M data for calendar 2026, as first published, is the median change in the average household price per kilowatt-hour across PJM's nine jurisdictions against calendar 2025 at least four percentage points above the median of the other 42, with Texas's change below the national change?