electric rates

Data centers are expanding in North Carolina, leading to rising Duke Energy electric rates, which has sparked public anger and community moratoriums on data center construction. Residents are attending public hearings to protest utility bills and oppose new data center developments.

Virginia’s local utilities are building small grid batteries to address rising energy demand and electric rates. The state, known as the world’s data center capital, is adopting large battery systems developed by U.S. companies to manage power needs.

New electric rates for heat pump owners in Massachusetts saved over 140,000 households $37 million this winter, averaging $250 per customer from November 1 to March 31.