POWEREDBYWHO
· STATE FILE · AZ
EIA RATE DATA AS OF 2026-02
FOLLOW THE MONEY IN
Arizona
7 data-center projects on file — 2.0 GW of nameplate capacity, $1.0B in announced investment. Federal data on what residents are paying for the grid to serve them, sourced from the EIA Electric Power Monthly.
Avg residential bill
$102
/ month
Per household · 2026-02
Sales to industrial
19.5%
of state kWh
Factories + data centers · 2026-02
Residential rate rank
#24
of 51
Mid-pack on residential price
10yr rate climb
+41%
#24 of 51
Tracking the national curve since 2016
Largest power plant
3.94 GW
· nuclear
Palo Verde · Maricopa County
§ 01
What residents pay
EIA · Electric Power Monthly
Arizona · residential · latest
16.03¢/kWh
↑ +5.5% YoY
As of Single month · 2026-02
Arizona · residential · 2026 YTD avg
15.80¢/kWh
↑ +5.9% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
US national · residential · 2026 YTD avg
17.54¢/kWh
↑ +8.5% YoY
vs 2025 YTD
§ 02
How the grid runs
Net generation · 2026-02
Where Arizona's electricity actually comes from. Each fuel source as a share of total state generation in the most recent reported month.
ARIZONA · GENERATION MIX · 2026-02
7.93 TWh net · all sectors
§ 03
Supply vs demand
EIA-860M generator inventory · projects pipeline
5.2 GW of new generation came online in Arizona over the last 18 months; another 10.6 GW is in the EIA-860M pipeline (under construction or filed); 381 MW is on the books to retire over the next 36. Meanwhile 1.0 GW of data-center load is in construction or permitted in the state. Largest plant in the supply pipeline: Saddleback Generation Station (Maricopa County) — 1.1 GW of natural gas, first online 2030-12. On the way out: Springerville — 381 MW of coal, retiring 2027-12.
Two bars, one scale. Demand is sorted by certainty — under construction first, then permitted, then proposed. The dashed rule marks where the supply pipeline runs out; everything to the right of it is demand on file with no supply filed against it.
§ 04
Data-center load
7 projects
Projects on file
7
published (excludes draft / archived)
Nameplate MW
2.02 GW
≈ 9 GWh/yr at 50% load
Announced investment
$1.0B
aggregate disclosed capex
§ 05
Local voices on data centers
4 statements
CONCERN · 2026-01
“The incentives have done their job. We are the top two market in the world for data centers right now. It is time for us to strike the right balance — data centers should pay their fair share.”
— Gov. Katie Hobbs (D)SOURCE ↗
CONCERN · 2025-04
“This bill puts the cart before the horse by providing broad exemptions for a technology that has yet to be commercially operationalized anywhere in the nation.”
— Gov. Katie Hobbs (D)SOURCE ↗
OPPOSE · 2025-08
“Reclaimed water is our future drinking water. We're already recharging it, and we're going to give 6 percent of it away to one company for 180 jobs?”
— City Council Tucson City Council (D)SOURCE ↗
§ 07
Follow the money in Arizona
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.
Follow the money in AZ
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.