Utilities blamed for rising energy bills

Three-quarters of U.S. adults say their home energy costs have gone up in recent years, including 42% who say these costs have gone up a lot.

1. Frame 1A household opens a higher utility bill as 75% of U.S. adults report rising home energy costs.
2. Frame 2A bill ledger shows the pressure: 42% say home energy costs have gone up a lot in recent years.
3. Frame 3Profit incentives dominate the blame map: 64% call utility-company profit seeking a major reason.
4. Frame 4The grid path adds a bottleneck: upgrades and data-center energy use keep pressure on costs.
5. Frame 5In the cutaway example, infrastructure spending and demand pressure pass through onto the household budget.
6. Frame 6Future bills become the benchmark: do increases slow, or do these costs keep passing through?