Building Data Centers Without Breaking PJM
An NRDC blog post by Tom Rutigliano argues that data centers are driving up electricity costs across PJM — a $14.7 billion capacity charge in summer 2025, up from $2.2 billion, and an estimated $163 billion more through 2033 — and urges that new data centers be required to bring their own power supply through generation, storage, or demand response. NRDC also says President Trump's EPA wants to end the Clean Air Act's pre-construction review, and quotes Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro calling 2025 capacity prices "the largest unjust wealth transfer in the history of U.S. energy markets."
