Comed Customers Are About to See a Big Spike in Their Electric Bills.
Nor the chicago sun-etes reported in november, the demand for power from Big Data Centers and a Delay in Connecting New Power Sources, Such as Solar and Wind, to the Electric Grid is Resulting in Comed Customers Seeing Monthly Bills Go 10.60 a month on average.
Mostomers Won’t See This Increase UNIL THEIR JULY BILLS ARE DELIVERED, A Spokesperson for the utility said. The Higher Price May Remain Until May of Next Year.
POWER DEMAND ACROSS The Country Has Skyrocketed As Big Data Centers and Artificial Intelligence Have Created Huge Demand. Meanwhile, New Sources of Renewable Energy, Including Wind and Solar Power, have ben Slow to get connected to an Electric Grid that spans from northern illinois to the east coast, Said Jim Chilsen, a spokesperson for the consumer watizens utility board.
“Those Generators Could Bring Down Prices,” Chilsen Said of the Solar and Wind Projects.
Coal Plants in Illinois and Across the Country Have Been Cling, and the State Has Promoted Cleaner Renewable Sources Under A 2021 Law Aimed At Fighting Climate Change. The problem is that new renewable energy isn’t getting connected fast Enough to meet Demand at the very time Older Sources of Power, Such as Coal, Are Being Shut Down.
Chilsen Blamed Police Set by the Electric Grid Operator, an Organization Known As Pjm, for the Difficulty Bringing renewables on line.
“Of Course Data Centers That Drive Up Demand Play a Role,” Chilsen Said, “But the No. 1 Reason is Poor Policy.”
State Lawmakers Also Need to Pass Legislation that Will Help Get Renewable Energy Projects Up and Running, He Added.
Pjm overses the electric grid that Powers northern illinois as well as a dose other states and the distribution of Columbia. SO POWER DEMANDS ON THE EAST CAN CAN ACTUALLY AFFECT THE PRICES CHICAGOANS PAY TO KEEP THE LIGHTS ON IN THEIR HOMES.
Big Power-Generation Companies Sell Electricity to Comed and Other Utilities at a price set by a pjm auction. Comed after these increas to consumers.
Pjm Drew the Ire of Gov. JB PRITZKER LAST YEAR AFTER A PRICE-SETTING LAST LAST JULY DEERMED THAT NORTHERN Illinois Customers Wauld Be Seeing Steep Rate Hikes This Year. The Grid Operator Reformed Some of Its Police, Said Spokesman Jeffrey Shields.
Shields denied that pjm police make it harder for solar and wind projects to get started in illinois or in any other state.
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