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Chart of the Day: Data Centers Driving Commercial Electrical Demand Past Residential

It has seemed inevitable for some time, but commercial electricity demand in the US is finally surpassing residential, largely driven by data centers and miners. Given the commercial's growing importance to utilities, it should be little surprise that residential customers' complaints are increasingly falling on deaf ears.

This, of course, has many consequences, not least of which is price pressure across the country, especially in the northeast and Mid-Atlantic.