In the EIA-861M data for calendar 2026, as first published, is the median change in the average household price per kilowatt-hour across PJM's nine jurisdictions against calendar 2025 at least four percentage points above the median of the other 42, with Texas's change below the national change?
Same computation as p13-t01, over January to December 2026 against January to December 2025, with the national figure from the U.S. total in the same release. The answer is yes if the PJM median is at least 4.0 points above the median of the other 42 and Texas's change is below the national change; no if the gap is below 4.0 points.
If the source is late or silent: A gap of 4.0 points or more with Texas at or above the national change is inconclusive, and the Result says what was read and what was missing. Data for December 2026 not published by March 31, 2027 is inconclusive. Figures are read as first published.
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Expects no: costs land on whoever triggers them, so PJM households are not stuck covering grid build-out that isn't theirs.
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Expects yes: wholesale scarcity pricing hits every PJM bill directly and no state tariff can block it from showing up.
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The actual household price-per-kWh figures in the 2026 EIA-861M release for PJM states, other states, and Texas versus the US total.
The Call · Part 13 · The bill no state can shield
Data centers pay for their own wires. The higher capacity price their demand sets lands first on every PJM household's bill.
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Households in the nine jurisdictions PJM serves paid a median 11.7% more per kilowatt-hour over the year to July than the year before, against 5.6% elsewhere. Data center builders tell regulators they pay their own way. PJM's market monitor told them no state commission can shield households from the capacity price their demand sets.