U.S. electricity prices have risen from 13 cents per kilowatt-hour in 2020 to 19 cents per kWh in 2025. Prices on the East and West coasts and in major U.S. cities are far higher. Most of these price increases took place under the Biden administration when states and the federal government forced wind and solar into the grid at the expense of coal, natural gas, and the U.S. consumer. Prices for electricity, prior to 2020, were nearly flat for a decade. 

People and businesses are talking about energy as electricity prices rise and demand for power grows. As companies scale up artificial intelligence data centers, demand for power is growing, and the call on electricity from utility companies will continue to rise. States like New York and California are seeing prices as high as 40 cents per kWh, in some cities, nearly as high as electricity prices in Germany, at 45 cents per kWh. 

But the increase in electricity prices began before the large data centers and AI demand. Prices started rising in the U.S. in the past few years with the decommissioning of coal-fired power generation and the rapid additions of wind and solar power into the grid. Low-cost,........

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