""Rising consumer prices for electricity and gas suggest bill pressure could intensify in the coming months, depending on how the winter weather shapes up.""
""An important question both for understanding current utility bills and how they will evolve is whether energy demand-most obviously electricity-from the explosive growth in AI and the associated build-out of data centers is also pressuring residential bills?""
""AI sparks a rise in utility bills""
Average utility payments rose 3.6% year-on-year in Q3 2025. Soaring electricity demand from data centers supporting artificial intelligence is increasing pressure on generation capacity and the grid. Large investments and projects such as the $500 billion Stargate initiative, along with spending by major tech firms, are driving rapid infrastructure build-out and higher capacity needs. Grid investment requirements and generation shortfalls are raising costs for all ratepayers. Electricity supply is struggling to keep pace with demand despite sizable capital flows. Continued demand growth implies utility prices may keep rising and further strain household budgets.
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