Governors to Sign Electricity Price Cap Agreement at White House
Governors from 13 PJM states will visit the White House on January 17 to sign a deal imposing two-year price caps on electricity auctions, shifting costs to data centers.
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Governors from 13 states within the PJM electricity grid are set to visit the White House on January 17, 2026, to sign a significant agreement with the Trump administration. This deal imposes a two-year price cap on future electricity auctions and mandates that major data center operators, including Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc. , bear a greater share of grid expansion costs. The agreement addresses rising electricity costs in a region serving 67 million people, an issue that has sparked political backlash and threats from governors to abandon the regional grid.
The PJM Interconnection, which covers mid-Atlantic and inland states, has seen a rapid increase in data center construction driven by the rising demand for artificial intelligence. This has led to escalating power bills and public discontent in the region. The Trump administration is positioning this agreement as part of its broader strategy to combat consumer price inflation ahead of the November 2026 mid-term elections.
