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受电价上涨和天气愈发炎热影响，今夏制冷成本预计将创下历史新高。
美国全国能源援助主任协会（NEADA）的一项最新分析估计，美国人在6月至9月期间的平均电费支出将接近800美元，较去年同期上涨10.5%。
“电价持续上涨，而夏季愈发炎热意味着家庭仅为保障安全就需要消耗更多电力，”NEADA执行董事马克·沃尔夫在一份声明中表示。“最终结果是，美国人如今为家庭制冷支付的费用远高于几年前。”
电价上涨的背景是能源需求增长，以及公用事业公司和各州加大投入升级该国老化的电网，包括为支撑人工智能服务新建数千座数据中心。
非营利消费者教育组织PowerLines对联邦数据的单独分析显示，2019年至2024年间，全国平均月度电费上涨了约23%。
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NEADA的分析还根据美国人的居住地区，测算出了他们6月至9月的电费支出。该州级估算基于美国能源信息署的电力数据，以及美国国家海洋和大气管理局的区域气温预报。
亚利桑那州居民今夏的电费支出可能最高，NEADA预计该州家庭将花费1060美元，较去年上涨近14%。紧随其后的是康涅狄格州，该组织估计当地居民将支出944美元，较2025年夏季上涨约11%。NEADA发现，华盛顿州和北达科他州的电费账单预计最低，为488美元。
美国人正面临更高的公用事业费用，而此时他们本已在努力维持财务稳定。纽约联邦储备银行最近的一项调查显示，约有一半美国人认为自己的财务状况较一年前更糟。
部分压力源于多年来最高水平的通胀推高了成本。根据NEADA的数据，每六个美国家庭中就有一户拖欠公用事业账单。
Electricity costs expected to hit record high this summer, new analysis finds
June 15, 2026 / 12:51 PM EDT / CBS News
Cooling costs are projected to reach record highs this summer amid rising electricity prices and hotter weather.
A new analysis from the National Energy Assistance Directors Association estimates that Americans will spend an average of nearly $800 on electricity between June and September, up 10.5% from the same period last year.
“Electricity prices continue to rise, and hotter summers mean households need to use more electricity simply to stay safe,” Mark Wolfe, executive director of NEADA, said in a statement. “The result is that Americans are paying substantially more to cool their homes than they were just a few years ago.”
Electricity prices are rising as energy demand grows and utilities and states invest more in updating the nation’s aging power grid, including building thousands of new data centers needed to power AI services.
From 2019 to 2024, the national average monthly electric bill rose about 23%, a separate analysis of federal data by nonprofit consumer education organization PowerLines.
How much will you pay based on where you live?
NEADA’s analysis also examined how much Americans will pay from June to September, depending on where they live. The state-level estimates are based on electricity data from the Energy Information Administration and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s regional temperature forecast.
Arizona residents will likely face the steepest electricity costs this summer, with NEADA projecting that households in the state will spend $ 1,060, up nearly 14% from last year. That’s followed by Connecticut, where the group estimates residents will spend $944, up roughly 11% from the summer months in 2025. Washington and North Dakota are projected to see the lowest power bills at $488, NEADA found.
Americans are facing higher utility costs at a time when they are already struggling to stay afloat financially. Roughly half of Americans feel they are worse off financially than they were a year ago, according to a recent survey from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Part of the pain is due to rising costs amid inflation at its highest level in years. One in six U.S. households is behind on its utility bills, according to NEADA.
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