Stephen Passaha
Stephen Passaha appears in Indicators of 2025 and What to Watch in 2026 as the source-identified participant choosing electricity rates as a 2026 affordability indicator. The episode uses his selection to shift household-cost attention from groceries and rent toward power bills, where the source says electricity prices rose faster than general inflation.
His segment connects consumer affordability to infrastructure. AI data centers are named as one demand source, but the episode also points to aging grid assets, line repairs, wildfires, and winter heating exposure, making Electricity Affordability Indicator broader than AI Energy Bottleneck alone.
Connections
- Planet Money and The Indicator - show context.
- Electricity Affordability Indicator - indicator he chooses.
- AI Energy Bottleneck, Data Center Cost Shifting, and Data Center Power Bottleneck - AI and grid-cost branch.
- Aggregate Indicators Lived Experience Gap - affordability issue that may not be visible in headline inflation alone.