The grid watchdog's highest alert, $4.3 billion in data center costs on ratepayers, three states pulling tax breaks, and used electric cars outrunning the market. This week's electrification roundup.
The grid's watchdog issued its highest alert after data centers dropped 1,800 MW in an instant. What the reliability warning means for nearby property owners and backup power planning.
Ordinary customers in seven states were charged $4.3 billion in one year for grid upgrades built only for data centers. Why the who-pays fight shapes commercial electricity bills and NOI.
Used electric cars are holding value far better than the market as a fuel hedge, and their buyers rent. Why charging demand is moving to apartment and workplace parking lots even as new EV sales fall.
A home-solar company is linking thousands of batteries into a virtual power plant to sell to data centers. Why the model turns building storage into an income source that supports property value.
June CPI relief was mostly gasoline. The consumer electricity index stayed 4% higher year over year, and EIA commercial prices were 5.8% higher. How owners and communities underwrite rising building-power costs.