Center for American Progress warns soaring energy costs, urges data center rate changes
Trevor Higgins of the Center for American Progress testified that energy costs have risen sharply and that rapidly growing data center demand risks raising rates for households and small businesses; he proposed data center-specific rate classes and short-term relief measures.
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Trevor Higgins, senior vice president for energy and environment at the Center for American Progress, told the subcommittee that energy costs are rising faster than wages and that data centers are a rapidly growing source of demand. "The average household this summer is expected to spend nearly $800 on electricity," he said, arguing the cost increases put household budgets and small businesses under strain.
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