Electricity is getting more expensive, and across much of the country the fastest-growing part of the bill is not the part most people would guess. It is not the cost of generating the power, but a separate charge, one your utility passes on to you, that pays power plants and other resources to promise they will be available years from now. The payment buys their presence on the hottest summer day or coldest winter night, when the grid is under the greatest strain. That promise has a price, and in one large region it has climbed to a level no one had seen before.
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