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Published by Macrotrend · The AI Briefing · Written for 3-to-5-year decisions

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Utilities are building the grid of the decade, and the financing bill is coming due

“The electricity business used to be the most boring business in America. Rates were set by regulators. Demand crept up at a predictable pace. The biggest strategic decisions involved which county to build the next substation in. That world is gone. Right now, every major U.S. utility is scrambling to wire a future that is arriving faster than their capital budgets can absorb it: data centers pulling extraordinary loads, industrial customers electrifying manufacturing, and clean energy mandates reshaping the generation mix all at once. The companies that ”

— The AI Briefing · DAILY EDITION · November 4, 2026

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