WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) joined Senators Peter Welch (D-VT), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Jack Reed (D-RI), Ed Markey (D-MA) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) in leading a letter requesting answers from ISO New England President and CEO Vamsi Chadalavada about how the grid operator plans to protect residential ratepayers from data center-driven price increases.
The average residential electricity price nationally increased 13% (https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=table_5_03) in the first 9 months of 2025 alone. Although some cost increases are associated with updating aging infrastructure, data centers have driven steep regional d...