“When you look at what’s driving electricity bills, it’s really poles and wires”

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/climate/electricity-prices.html

Mostly not data centers or generation costs.

“utilities have nearly tripled the amount they spend annually on the network of poles, wires, substations and transformers … Large portions of the electric grid are nearing the end of their 50-year life spans …deal with storms, fires and heat waves …”