{"slug": "eu-wants-households-to-cut-electricity-use-as-demand-from-industry-and-ai-soars", "title": "EU wants households to cut electricity use as demand from industry and AI soars", "summary": "The European Commission announced Wednesday it will propose a law requiring households to reduce electricity consumption during peak hours, aiming to free up power for surging demand from AI data centers and industrial electrification. The legislation would accelerate the deployment of AI-powered smart meters, enabling consumers to shift usage to cheaper off-peak hours and lower their bills. The policy targets evening demand spikes to keep prices down and ensure sufficient energy for AI computing, transport, and industry.", "body_md": "BRUSSELS — The European Commission wants households to use less energy at peak times in preparation for an explosion of power demand from artificial intelligence data centers and electrification of the economy.\n\nThe EU executive said Wednesday it will propose a new law later this year to accelerate the roll out of AI-powered smart meters, which give consumers \"greater control over when they use electricity, allowing them to shift consumption to cheaper hours and lower their bills.\"\n\nThe hope is this will prompt households to cut their electricity use at evening hours when demand is highest, keeping prices lower and leaving more power available for industry, transport and energy-hungry computers that perform advanced AI functions.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-wants-households-to-cut-electricity-use-as-demand-from-industry-and-ai-soars", "canonical_source": "https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-households-electricity-energy-artificial-intelligence-ai/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication", "published_at": "2026-06-03 12:10:15+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-03 15:05:21.709544+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-policy", "ai-infrastructure"], "entities": ["European Commission"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-wants-households-to-cut-electricity-use-as-demand-from-industry-and-ai-soars", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-wants-households-to-cut-electricity-use-as-demand-from-industry-and-ai-soars.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-wants-households-to-cut-electricity-use-as-demand-from-industry-and-ai-soars.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/eu-wants-households-to-cut-electricity-use-as-demand-from-industry-and-ai-soars.jsonld"}}