[tqi]

> "There's automobiles that have gone from gasoline-powered to electric vehicles," says Drew Maloney, president of the Edison Electric Institute, which represents power companies around the country. "You're also seeing stoves being replaced from gas to electric. And the AI data center growth."

In other words, any usage of electricity is "partly to blame." But of course, "AI" gets clicks, and journalism is fundamentally the practice finding a boogeyman to pin the misfortune of the day on.

[tzs]

Quantity matters.

People replacing gas stoves with electric will cause a significant total increase in electricity demand but that increase will be spread out over a decade or two.

New data centers are causing a significant increase over a short term, and so have a much large effect.