{
  "id": 19679891,
  "title": "Data centers could lower your electricity bill. Will utilities let them?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/data-centers-could-lower-your-electricity-bill-will-utilities-let-them",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-11-12T13:22:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Utility Dive",
    "slug": "utility-dive",
    "url": "https://www.utilitydive.com/news/data-centers-could-lower-your-electricity-bill-but-will-utilities-let-them/873144/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "When sales increase more than costs, rates should decline. But some utilities are proposing rate hikes using lower historical sales data with higher updated cost assumptions to “lock in” rates before new load fully materializes, writes Edward Burgess of Current Energy Group.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}