| ▲ | drfloyd51 an hour ago |
| Wait… large customers move in and your rate goes up? Forget about it. These AI companies could really help themselves by subsidizing local rates. Imagine if a large AI datacenter moved in AND your rate dropped by $70! Everyone would be singing their praises. |
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| ▲ | qarl2 an hour ago | parent | next [-] |
| Oregon just passed a law saying data centers will pay more for electricity than normal people, and the math says that everyone's rates will be going down. So, again, I think it depends on whether you live in a red or blue state. https://www.opb.org/article/2026/06/04/data-centers-utility-... |
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| ▲ | jayGlow 43 minutes ago | parent [-] | | that seems odd, do other industries pay a higher rate for electricity or is this specifically targeting data centers? |
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| ▲ | john_strinlai an hour ago | parent | prev [-] |
| >Wait… large customers move in and your rate goes up? demand goes up + supply remains steady = price goes up. |
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| ▲ | robotresearcher 37 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | | Why should supply stay steady? You want to build an enormous energy sink, you should contribute to increasing the local supply! Putting up everyone’s prices is a hard impact on a community. | | |
| ▲ | john_strinlai 34 minutes ago | parent [-] | | >Why should supply stay steady? i'm not saying it should. but it takes time to bring new power generation online. >You want to build an enormous energy sink, you should contribute to increasing the local supply! agreed | | |
| ▲ | robotresearcher 28 minutes ago | parent [-] | | It does take time to build capacity. But if I build a new office building I’m simply not allowed to open it up and park in the neighborhood driveways today because I have a plan to build a parking structure eventually. |
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| ▲ | tonfa an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Also infrastructure costs might be billed differently between industrial vs retail. (And the marginal cost on infrastructure isn't necessarily paid be the people increasing the demand) | |
| ▲ | benji-york 37 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | In the short term (assuming no point fixes help soften the shock). |
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