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"Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. (E3)", "document_date": "May 2026", "last_verified": "October 28, 2026", "source_type": "study", "tier": 2, "basis": "third party estimate", "what_it_measured": "Historical drivers of US retail electricity rate increases and utility rate design for large loads", "finding": "Historical US retail electricity rate increases from 2020 to 2025 were driven primarily by distribution capital spending, wildfire mitigation, natural gas price spikes and inflation rather than data centers, and well designed large load tariffs can keep new data center additions net neutral or beneficial for existing ratepayers.", "years_covered": "2020 to 2025 historical and forward rate design case studies", "method": "Decomposition of historical utility revenue requirements and illustrative utility tariff cost of service modeling", "who_funded_or_published": "Energy and Environmental Economics (E3), industry commissioned consulting report", "primary_url": "https://www.ethree.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Understanding-the-Drivers-of-Rising-Electricity-Rates-and-the-Role-of-Data-Centers_E3-2026.pdf", "corroborating_url": null, "corroborating_label": null, "notes": "Industry commissioned study evaluating historical rate drivers prior to the 2025/2026 PJM capacity delivery year.", "scope_regions": [ "all" ], "scope_states": [ "all" ] }, { "id": "nber-wp35100-muller-2026", "study": "Nicholas Z. Muller, National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper 35100", "title": "The Environmental Externalities of the Data Center Boom", "publisher": "National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)", "document_date": "April 2026", "last_verified": "October 28, 2026", "source_type": "study", "tier": 1, "basis": "third party estimate", "what_it_measured": "Monetized air pollution and greenhouse gas health and climate damages per megawatt hour of data center electricity use", "finding": "Marginal air pollution and greenhouse gas damages from fossil fuel generation serving US data centers average $49 to $94 per MWh ($0.049 to $0.094 per kWh), rivaling or exceeding the direct wholesale price of electricity in coal and gas heavy interconnects such as PJM, MISO and SERC.", "years_covered": "2022 to 2025", "method": "Integrated assessment marginal emissions and air quality transport model (AP4T) coupled with EPA CEMS unit level generation data", "who_funded_or_published": "National Bureau of Economic Research (university working paper by Nicholas Z. Muller, Carnegie Mellon University)", "primary_url": "https://www.nber.org/papers/w35100", "corroborating_url": "https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news/electric-power/091626-air-pollution-from-data-center-power-projects-is-a-rising-concern-amid-build-out", "corroborating_label": "S&P Global Commodity Insights, September 16, 2026", "notes": "Quantifies unpriced health and climate damages from marginal fossil generation dispatched to meet data center load.", "scope_regions": [ "all" ], "scope_states": [ "all" ] } ] }