As electricity costs emerge as a growing political issue in the United States and abroad, policymakers are increasingly focused on the impact that rising power demand, data center growth and infrastructure investment may have on consumer energy bills.
Bracewell’s Scott Segal told POLITICO that electricity costs differ from gasoline prices in the public mind because consumers often have a less direct understanding of what is driving increases in their monthly bills. “The gasoline pump, for better or worse, kind of tells you who to be mad at even when you’re wrong. The electric bill makes you figure it out.”