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Is AI to Blame For My High Electricity Bills? Electricity Costs Soar More Than 200% Near Data Centers

The cost of keeping the lights on is becoming a painful financial burden for many Americans as electricity costs are rising faster than inflation.

Benzinga

Prepaid electricity leaving vulnerable people powerless

Families forced to prepay for power are experiencing a high number of electricity disconnections, exposing them to dangerous temperatures, a report has found.

AAP

Rachel Reeves’s 5% VAT cut on electricity bills will backfire, experts say

Critics believe cut would mostly benefit better-off people with larger homes and increase carbon emissions

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Hallé/Shields/Adams: John Adams festival review – dynamism that could generate electricity

Adams himself praised the orchestra for giving ‘one of the best performances I’ve ever heard’ of his Chamber Symphony, part of a four-concert feast of his luminous timbral combinations and expansive orchestral beauty

The Guardian - UK

Microsoft CEO says the company doesn't have enough electricity to install all the AI GPUs in its inventory - 'you may actually have a bunch of chips sitting in inventory that I can’t plug in'

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said in an interview that he has some AI chips in inventory that he cannot use because he has nowhere to plug them in.

Tom’s Hardware

NDA manifesto in Bihar: 60 promises in a 60-second press conference

Days before Bihar votes in its assembly election, the NDA released its manifesto in a press conference attended by Nitish Kumar, JP Nadda, Chirag Paswan, Samrat Chaudhary and Sanjay Kumar Jha. The manifesto promised free rations, electricity and medical treatment for sections of the population, along with promises for employment…

Newslaundry

Australian wholesale electricity prices are falling. So when will power bills stop rising?

The cost of generating power is definitely getting cheaper but the savings may take time to flow through

The Guardian - AU

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Madagascar's Gen Z uprising, as told by three young protesters

More than a month after young people in Madagascar began protesting, winning the support of the military, a new government was sworn in. It was one of the most striking demonstrations of how Gen Z movements around the world are organising to demand basic public services and fundamental rights. Three…

Radio France Internationale

How to Save Money on Utilities Without Living Like It’s 1985

Utility bills can eat up a big chunk of your monthly budget, especially as energy and water rates creep higher every year. Still, saving money on utilities doesn’t mean you have to give up comfort or live like it’s 1985. Today’s tech and simple habits can help you cut costs…

Budget and the Bees

US electricity bills increased by 11% in Trump’s second term, data shows

New analysis prompts letter to Trump from Elizabeth Warren: ‘Your administration has no answers for families hit by high energy costs’

The Guardian - US

Sprott Uranium Miners ETF Opens Clearest Path To Highly In-Demand Asset

Although the rise of artificial intelligence and the subsequent demand surge have created robust market demand for affiliated infrastructures, global nuclear energy leaders expressed serious concerns about future supply chains and resource management. During the 50th Symposium hosted by the World Nuclear Association (WNA), experts in the field warned that…

Benzinga

Business Secretary announces electricity discounts of £420 million

Peter Kyle would not comment on whether firms could expect to see tax increases in the budget.

Evening Standard

Solar panel efficiency explained: how much power do panels really produce?

Solar panel efficiency determines how much sunlight your panels can turn into electricity and how much you’ll save on bills

The Independent UK

“You can't just take an LLM and throw it at a problem” - why Salesforce is pushing for a smarter way for everyone to do AI

AI will have as big an effect on the world as electricity, Salesforce engineering head tells us.

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The Texas Tribune

Explosion of data centers causes planning struggles for Texas power grid

As companies look to build projects that consume more power than cities, the state’s grid manager is trying to plan how to provide enough electricity to meet the demand.

The Guardian - AU

Former Adelaide MP named new ALP president – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

So it’s goodbye to lower interest rates – to be honest, the RBA was always looking for an excuse not to cut

The story this quarter was one of big jumps in electricity prices due to the end of the state subsidies

Evening Standard

One-off £150 energy bills discount - who is eligible and how does it work?

Households eligible for the Warm Home Discount scheme will be informed by letters, with the first sent out this week

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International Business Times UK

Energy Bills Discount UK Fury: Who'll Pocket the £150 Payout — and Who's Been Left Out in the Cold

The £150 Energy Bills Discount rolls out across the UK, sparking frustration as renters and prepayment users risk missing the payout.

Evening Standard

Ofgem should use firms’ windfall profits to fund energy debt relief, say MPs

Electricity and gas prices soared from late 2021, driven by the reopening of economies after Covid and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Fortune

Saudi power chair: Tariffs weaken the global energy transition and hurt humanity

The world must embrace renewable energy, natural gas, nuclear, and more to truly power the world into the energy transition, Mohammad Abunayyan said.

TechRadar

How technology can power the UK to net zero

Discover how digital tools can modernize the UK’s energy grid and accelerate the journey to net zero.

Tom’s Hardware

OpenAI calls on U.S. to build 100 gigawatts of additional power-generating capacity per year, increase equivalent to 100 nuclear reactors yearly — says electricity is a 'strategic asset' in AI race against China

OpenAI has called on the US to build out more power-generating infrastructure, claiming that it is needed to help provide the backbone for the AI race the US is now in with China. With enormous infrastructure projects planned, it wants the US to build an additional 100 gigawatts of new…

Fortune

Michael Dell’s son aims to transform the home power business by selling electricity and batteries like a Costco membership

Base Power just completed a $1 billion fundraising round and is building a Texas battery factory.

The Conversation

Future of nation’s energy grid hurt by Trump’s funding cuts

The Trump administration’s widespread cancellation and freezing of clean energy funding is also hitting essential work to improve the nation’s power grid. That includes investments in grid modernization, energy storage and efforts to protect communities from outages during extreme weather and cyberattacks. Ending these projects leaves Americans vulnerable to more…

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