NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. households heated mainly by electricity will spend about 4% more this year to stay warm over the winter due to higher power price forecasts, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday in its winter fuels outlook report.

Demand growth for electricity from data centers powering the AI boom, and the electrification of manufacturing and other industries like transportation, is widely expected to outpace the addition of new supply, resulting in higher power prices for American customers.

Households heated by electricity will pay more this winter even if the weather is around 10% warmer than the EIA’s base-case scenario, the agency said.

Meanwhile, homes heated by natural gas will likely pay about the same this winter as last year, and homes using propane

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