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Zero Hedge piece: America’s Power Bill Shock Is Just Getting Started
Posted on 1/29/26 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 1/29/26 at 3:30 pm
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As Americans brave a brutal cold snap, households are facing higher heating bills this winter.
According to a report released last week by the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA), heating prices are expected to rise by 9.2% in the 2025-2026 winter vs. one year ago.
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Several factors are at play pushing retail electricity prices higher.
"Higher interest rates have increased the cost of financing power plants and transmission projects. Rising natural gas prices are pushing up electricity generation costs. At the same time, electricity demand is growing rapidly, driven in part by the expansion of data centers," reads the report cited by Fox Business.
"Aging grid infrastructure and regional capacity constraints are adding further system costs," the report continues. "In addition, reduced federal incentives for renewable energy have slowed new clean energy investment."
NEADA notes that more than 210 electric and natural gas utilities have either raised rates or proposed to do so within the next two years, which amounts to roughly $85.5 billion - and continues a trend seen in recent years of average monthly residential electricity bills rising faster than average inflation.
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Additionally, about one-in-six households are behind on utility bills, with Americans collectively owing about $23 billion to electric and gas utilities. NEADA estimates that up to 4 million households faced utility disconnections last year, an increase of about 500,000 from 2024. -Fox Business
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Posted on 1/29/26 at 3:40 pm to ragincajun03
People can make the $1,000 auto payment but not their electricity bill. Embarrassing.
Posted on 1/29/26 at 3:43 pm to ragincajun03
fricking data centers
Posted on 1/29/26 at 3:48 pm to Chingon Ag
fricking data centers
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Elon said AI will hit the wall the year with lack of electricity.
Watch NVDIA
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Elon said AI will hit the wall the year with lack of electricity.
Watch NVDIA
Posted on 1/29/26 at 3:56 pm to jizzle6609
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People can make the $1,000 auto payment but not their electricity bill. Embarrassing.
Doesn’t negate the fact that home energy costs continue to rise pretty significantly.
Posted on 1/29/26 at 3:58 pm to ragincajun03
If only we had a way to produce abundant, clean, and renewable energy....
Posted on 1/29/26 at 4:01 pm to ragincajun03
Think of all the power plants that could be built with MN fraud money
Posted on 1/29/26 at 4:01 pm to jizzle6609
Eyes got to get my shine on -
Posted on 1/29/26 at 4:05 pm to ragincajun03
Well, there’s also the issue of more state governments increasingly taxing the shite out of of every kWh
Posted on 1/29/26 at 4:11 pm to ragincajun03
Why are gasoline prices falling while consumer rates for all other energy sources seem to be constantly rising?
Seems like if there is enough natural gas to have multiple mega-sized export projects going on; then there would be enough supply domestically to keep prices under control.
Seems like if there is enough natural gas to have multiple mega-sized export projects going on; then there would be enough supply domestically to keep prices under control.
Posted on 1/29/26 at 4:11 pm to ragincajun03
I thought we had an abundance of natural gas in this country? Anyone know what’s driving up the natural gas cost?
Posted on 1/29/26 at 4:11 pm to ragincajun03
There is actually a fairly simple way to resolve this issue. Regulators set a return on equity (aka, the amount utilities are allowed to charge you). Obviously, utilities are a natural monopoly so they can’t set their own prices, hence the need for a public utility commission. The problem is that these commissions are subject to intense regulatory capture. They approve a rate of return well over 10% in many cases. This is absurd, considering utilities are the lowest risk of any major asset class. A true market rate that investors would require is closer to 6% (or 200 bps above SOFR). If the utility commissions actually did their job properly and set that rate of return at the true market price, there would be billions of dollars of customer savings equating to about $400 per household per year. Crazy
Posted on 1/29/26 at 4:20 pm to ragincajun03
Zero Hedge consistently offers worst case scenarios, that often do not play out. Prices likely to go up, but these yahoos are in the business of clicks. Do not forget that.
Posted on 1/29/26 at 4:39 pm to Centinel
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If only we had a way to produce abundant, clean, and renewable energy....
You want all of us to get blowed up?
Posted on 1/29/26 at 4:46 pm to Centinel
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If only we had a way to produce abundant, clean, and renewable energy....
"nuclear"
Posted on 1/29/26 at 4:56 pm to ragincajun03
Zero hedge is a Russian rag. I don’t believe anything they post anymore. Spin and outright propaganda.
Posted on 1/29/26 at 5:07 pm to ragincajun03
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heating prices are expected to rise by 9.2% in the 2025-2026 winter vs. one year ago.
Funny, gas and electricity bills are down for us compared to last year. All of 2025 was less than 2024 by a significant margin, even with a nasty winter storm last year.
Posted on 1/29/26 at 5:11 pm to KamaCausey_LSU
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Seems like if there is enough natural gas to have multiple mega-sized export projects going on; then there would be enough supply domestically to keep prices under control.
Brah, you are competing with the global market. If prices go up in Europe they are going up here.
What benefit do export companies experience keeping domestic prices low?
Posted on 1/29/26 at 5:12 pm to altTD
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I thought we had an abundance of natural gas in this country? Anyone know what’s driving up the natural gas cost?
LNG exports
Forced exports to Europe to satisfy trade agreements
Data centers
Russia invading Ukraine
Posted on 1/29/26 at 6:37 pm to ragincajun03
Why is power treated like a limited natural resource. If the data centers were able to bid for power against residential, prices would rise appropriately allowing new generation. Just like any other commodity. The reason our grid is so behind is because the public won’t accept a rate increase to match the demand for the product.
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