“Pain at the plug” is replacing “pain at the pump” as the defining energy stress test for U.S. households. For decades, gasoline prices served as the barometer of economic health and political stability, shaping everything from consumer sentiment to presidential approval ratings. Today, electricity bills assume that same role.
William Blair’s Jed Dorsheimer, group head of the energy and power technologies research, expects “pain at the plug” to be a hotly debated issue in midterm elections and utility resource planning meetings, as described in Pain at the Plug: Five-Pillar Energy Plan for American Abundance. The five pillars outlined in the report are designed to reshape the national energy conversation, with the goal of meeting the rising demand for artificial intelligence without forcing a trade-off between innovation and affordability for everyday consumers.
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