Associated Press Runs Article Laying “Partial” Blame for Increased Electric Bills on Data Centers

From the article:

It’s not as if I have not been harping on this subject for a long time.

1. www.mchenrycountyblog.com › 2024/12/14 › continuedContinued Concern about Data Centers Sucking Up Residential …Dec 14, 2024 · I’ve been sharing my concerns about the availability of electricity for homes and businesses as Illinois seeks the location of data centers. From past experience, I know that large electric users can and do cut deals with ComEd.
2. www.mchenrycountyblog.com › 2025/03/07 › moreMore Concern for Data Centers Electric Use – McHenry County BlogMar 7, 2025 · With lawmakers facing a new challenge in data centers and AI requiring record levels of power, the plan would force those companies to produce 100% of the power required for the new technologies.
3. www.mchenrycountyblog.com › 2025/02/24 › echoing-myEchoing My Continuing Concern that Data Centers Will Endanger …Feb 24, 2025 · U.S. energy provider Exelon has calculated that power demand from data centers in the Chicago area is set to explode, and AI adoption will put a further strain on electricity supplies.
4. www.mchenrycountyblog.com › 2024/12/29 › moreMore Warnings of Electric Power Adequacy Arriving with Data …Dec 29, 2024 · An influx of power-hungry data centers and the steady flow of industry back to Illinois are colliding with delays in getting renewable energy projects on the grid. …
5. www.mchenrycountyblog.com › 2025/02/01 › dataData Centers Coming Online Leading to Comeback of Fossil …Feb 1, 2025 · From WBEZ comes this echo of my prediction that data centers will eat up electricity that is needed by homes and other businesses: “In Illinois and around the Midwest, coal and gas plants are extending their planned retirement dates even after a 2021 state law aimed to phase them out.
6. www.mchenrycountyblog.com › 2025/04/11 › legislatorsUPDATE: Legislators Start Talking about Electricity & WATER …Apr 11, 2025 · Crain’s Chicago Business has an article reporting some members of the Illinois General Assembly are finally talking about data centers sucking up of electricity may threaten ordinary users’ supply.
7. www.mchenrycountyblog.com › 2025/06/08 › moreMore Evidence That Data Centers Could Result in Higher …Jun 8, 2025 · In 2023, Illinois lifted a partial moratorium on nuclear power development, specifically for Small Modular Reactors (SMRs). Gov. J.B. Pritzker has said that he would be open to expanding

You can read the Associated Press story here.