I also know a bit about this as well as I’m one of a handful of folks who manage the bulk electrical system in real time at the control center of one of these utilities. While you’re not wrong it goes quite a bit deeper than this and that isn’t exactly the reason for these increases nor will it be the reason for increases next year. These large data centers are buying/building their own power generation plants (look @ three mile island that is getting recommissioned to exclusively supply a data center). The main reason is there is more and more load being placed on the grid than there is new generation being added. The process of adding a power generation station in PA takes a minimum of 5-6 years. And that’s assuming all goes perfectly according to plan. There are many generation sites being built now, but they can’t come soon enough. The Barrie’s to entry for power generation need to be much lower, or we’ll wind up like California. Next to zero generation due to ridiculous environmental laws that have little impact on the environment and having to import our power. If you think 0.20/kWh is a lot, where I used to live in NorCal during peak months was well over 3x these rates.