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AI is eating up Pennsylvania's power, governor threatens to pull state from the grid — new plants aren't being built fast enough to keep up with demand (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 4 days ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social

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Spiking demand is sending energy bills skyrocketing, while the governor threatens to pull the state from the grid.

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[–] psivchaz@reddthat.com 6 points 4 days ago

Regulating demand like this is supposed to be like the one thing a free market is good at, isn't it? Supply can't go up, so prices go up until demand evens out. Am I supposed to believe that all the free market stuff I hear about isn't working?!