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Research (university working paper)", "primary_url": "https://ceepr.mit.edu/workingpaper/who-pays-for-growth-evidence-from-datacenters-and-the-grid/", "corroborating_url": null, "corroborating_label": null, "notes": "Measures historical realized utility billing outcomes prior to the post 2023 hyperscale AI buildout.", "scope_regions": [ "all" ], "scope_states": [ "all" ] }, { "id": "duke-ni-26-04", "study": "Norris, Profeta, Patino Echeverri and Cowie, Duke University Nicholas Institute (NI R 26-04)", "title": "Rethinking Load Growth: Assessing the Potential for Integration of Large Flexible Loads in US Power Systems", "publisher": "Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, Duke University", "document_date": "February 2026", "last_verified": "October 28, 2026", "source_type": "study", "tier": 1, "basis": "third party estimate", "what_it_measured": "Grid headroom and new gigawatts of large load accommodated under minimal peak hour curtailment", "finding": "Across 22 major US balancing authorities, roughly 76 GW of new data center load can be integrated without building new peaking capacity if facilities curtail load by 0.25 percent of annual operating hours (roughly 22 hours per year), expanding to 98 GW at 0.5 percent annual curtailment and 126 GW at 1.0 percent annual curtailment.", "years_covered": "2025 to 2035", "method": "Hourly balancing authority load duration and reserve margin modeling across 22 US power systems", "who_funded_or_published": "Duke University Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability (university research institute)", "primary_url": "https://nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/publications/data-centers-and-generation-capacity-over-next-decade", "corroborating_url": "https://nicholasinstitute.duke.edu/articles/key-takeaways-data-center-flexibility-and-generation-capacity-over-next-decade", "corroborating_label": "Duke Nicholas Institute summary", "notes": "Evaluates operational curtailment during system peak hours rather than unconditional firm interconnection.", "scope_regions": [ "all" ], "scope_states": [ "all" ] }, { "id": "ncsu-erl-2026", "study": "Jeremiah Johnson et al., North Carolina State University (Environmental Research Letters)", "title": "Power System Costs and Emissions from Data Center and Cryptocurrency Mining Expansion in the United States", "publisher": "Environmental Research Letters (IOP Publishing) / North Carolina State University", "document_date": "May 2026", "last_verified": "October 28, 2026", "source_type": "study", "tier": 1, "basis": "third party estimate", "what_it_measured": "Wholesale electricity prices, residential bills by state and power sector carbon emissions through 2030", "finding": "Projected data center and crypto load growth raises US electricity demand 6 to 12 percent by 2030 and increases residential electricity bills up to 57 percent in the most heavily affected states (including Virginia at roughly $32 per month or $384 per year for an average household) while adding 49 to 125 million metric tons of CO2 per year.", "years_covered": "2024 to 2030", "method": "National capacity expansion and unit commitment dispatch model (TEMOA) across US grid regions", "who_funded_or_published": "North Carolina State University researchers in Environmental Research Letters (peer reviewed journal)", "primary_url": "https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae6c3d", "corroborating_url": "https://news.ncsu.edu/2026/05/data-centers-power-bills/", "corroborating_label": "NC State University News, May 2026", "notes": "Models combined data center and cryptocurrency mining load growth across regional interconnects.", "scope_regions": [ "all" ], "scope_states": [ "all" ] }, { "id": "monitoring-analytics-pjm-2026q1", "study": "Monitoring Analytics, PJM Independent Market Monitor (Q1 2026 State of the Market Report)", "title": "2026 Quarterly State of the Market Report for PJM: January through March", "publisher": "Monitoring Analytics, LLC (PJM Independent Market Monitor)", "document_date": "May 14, 2026", "last_verified": "October 28, 2026", "source_type": "official record", "tier": 1, "basis": "third party estimate", "what_it_measured": "PJM Base Residual Auction capacity market clearing prices and total wholesale capacity bill attributable to data center load", "finding": "Data center load growth was the primary driver of the PJM 2025/2026 and 2026/2027 capacity market tightness, accounting for $9.3 billion of the $14.7 billion total PJM capacity cost in the 2025/2026 delivery year and driving a 76 percent surge in PJM wholesale power costs in Q1 2026.", "years_covered": "2025 to 2027 delivery years and Q1 2026", "method": "Counterfactual PJM Base Residual Auction clearing runs removing forecast and existing data center peak load additions", "who_funded_or_published": "Monitoring Analytics, LLC (independent market monitor for PJM Interconnection, mandated by FERC)", "primary_url": "https://www.monitoringanalytics.com/reports/PJM_State_of_the_Market/2026/2026q1-som-pjm.pdf", "corroborating_url": "https://www.eenews.net/articles/data-centers-drive-76-surge-in-pjm-power-prices/", "corroborating_label": "E&E News, May 15, 2026", "notes": "Applies specifically to the 13 state and District of Columbia PJM Interconnection footprint.", "scope_regions": [ "pjm", "srvc-n", "rfce", "rfcw" ], "scope_states": [ "VA", "PA", "OH", "MD", "NJ", "DE", "WV", "IN", "IL", "KY", "NC", "TN", "MI", "DC" ] }, { "id": "ucs-pjm-connection-costs-2025", "study": "Union of Concerned Scientists, Billions of Dollars in Unreported Data Center Costs in PJM", "title": "Data Center Transmission Interconnection Costs in PJM", "publisher": "Union of Concerned Scientists", "document_date": "September 2025", "last_verified": "October 28, 2026", "source_type": "study", "tier": 2, "basis": "third party estimate", "what_it_measured": "Local transmission network upgrade costs triggered by data center interconnections in PJM", "finding": "In PJM alone, $4.36 billion in transmission upgrades across 150 supplemental transmission projects in 2024 were triggered by data center connections and socialized across regional utility ratepayers under PJM tariff rules.", "years_covered": "2022 to 2024 PJM transmission expansion filings", "method": "Project by project audit of PJM Regional Transmission Expansion Plan (RTEP) and utility Attachment M-3 supplemental project filings", "who_funded_or_published": "Union of Concerned Scientists (nonprofit advocacy group study)", "primary_url": "https://www.ucs.org/sites/default/files/2025-09/PJM%20Data%20Center%20Issue%20Brief%20-%20Sep%202025.pdf", "corroborating_url": "https://salatainstitute.harvard.edu/data-centers-ai-artificial-intelligence-grid-permitting-transmission-electricity-energy", "corroborating_label": "Harvard Salata Institute interview with Ari Peskoe, March 17, 2026", "notes": "Advocacy group issue brief auditing PJM supplemental transmission filings across Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland.", "scope_regions": [ "pjm", "srvc-n", "rfce", "rfcw" ], "scope_states": [ "VA", "PA", "OH", "MD", "NJ", "DE", "WV", "IN", "IL", "KY", "NC", "TN", "MI", "DC" ] }, { "id": "e3-rising-electricity-rates-2026", "study": "Energy and Environmental Economics (E3), Understanding the Drivers of Rising Electricity Rates and the Role of Data Centers", "title": "Understanding the Drivers of Rising Electricity Rates and the Role of Data Centers", "publisher": "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" ] } ] }