The AI Data Center Boom Is Breaking PJM — And Your Electric Bill

America's largest power grid — PJM Interconnection — just failed its own reliability auction for the first time in history, coming up 6,600 megawatts short as AI data centers overwhelm a system built for a different era. Capacity prices jumped nearly tenfold, wholesale power costs rose 76% in early 2026, and federal regulators are now openly discussing breaking PJM apart. Topics covered: PJM capacity auction failure, AI data center power demand surge, $23B in added grid costs, the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, FERC's July governance meeting, and what it all means for ratepayers and the future of AI infrastructure buildouts. If you want plain-English coverage of where energy and AI money is moving, subscribe — new video every day. #MegawattMarkets #AIEnergy #PowerGrid #PJM #DataCenters #EnergyInfrastructure #FERC #ElectricityPrices #AIInfrastructure #EnergyNews