Businesses and households served by the largest U.S. power grid will spend a record $16.1 billion to ensure electricity supplies—a result that prompted immediate calls from utilities and energy groups to build more generation amid the AI frenzy.
AI boom leads to record costs on US grid and calls for new plants
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