Electricity prices started going up in US before the launch of ChatGPT and the AI boom, so probably it's not AI driving them up: https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2026/03/05/americans-electricity-bills-are-up-dont-blame-ai
Americans’ electricity bills are up. Don’t blame AI

Rising electricity prices in America stem mainly from grid upgrades and equipment costs rather than artificial-intelligence data centres, despite growing power demand.

The Economist