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Travis Kavulla Explains Why Electric Bills Shot Up

December 1, 2025·57 min·8-min readinterviewbusiness
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The US electricity system faces unprecedented strain from surging data center demand driven by AI, but its fragmented, outdated regulatory structure is ill-equipped to handle the scale and speed of required investment. The real bottleneck isn't just power generation—it's transmission, equ

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Travis Kavulla

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Travis KavullaIan Dunning

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NRG EnergyHudson River TradingGE VernovaFederal Energy Regulatory CommissionPJM InterconnectionERCOTNARUC

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Artificial IntelligenceBusiness ModelsEntrepreneurshipFintechScalingStartupsVenture Capital

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