The AI economy needs electricity, but customers should not subsidize its growth. This series proposes an Electricity Customer Bill of Rights to protect affordability, reliability, transparency, communities, and fair cost allocation while enabling responsible infrastructure-scale demand.
Brandon Owens
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AI data centers are stressing U.S. power regulation. The article argues for verified large-load governance: milestone-based forecasting, cost-causation tariffs, flexible service classes, operational visibility, and coordinated federal-state oversight.
Morgan Bazilian
Infrastructure planning once focused on forecasting demand. AI changes the challenge. The critical question is no longer how much demand will emerge, but which infrastructure commitments should be made before demand is fully known—and who bears the risk if assumptions prove wrong.
Brandon Owens