Power for data centers could come at ‘staggering’ cost to consumers | WWNO
New report highlights how traditional ways of setting rates don’t fit Big Tech’s massive, immediate demand for more electricity.| WWNO
New report highlights how traditional ways of setting rates don’t fit Big Tech’s massive, immediate demand for more electricity.| WWNO
“The public faces significant risks that utilities will … profit from new data centers by making major investments and then shifting costs to their captive ratepayers,” the report’s authors said.| Utility Dive
A new report highlights how traditional ways of setting rates don’t fit Big Tech’s massive, immediate demand for more electricity.| Factor This™
As the voice of the industry, DCC advocates for a strong business climate, policies and investments that support the growth and success of the sector. Some of DCC’s policy priorities include establishing and advancing a competitive tax, business and regulatory climate that supports data center investment, promoting clean, reliable and affordable power, developing a skilled and diverse workforce to support data center construction and operations and ensuring pragmatic and workable policie...| DCC
New filings show Southern Company is seeking to extend the life of three coal-fired power plants representing approximately 8,200 megawatts.| Energy and Policy Institute
A new paper by Legal Fellow Eliza Martin and Electricity Law Initiative Director Ari Peskoe explores how the public is paying the energy bills of some of the largest companies in the world. Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and other technology companies are looking to secure electricity for their new power-hungry data centers. To provide energy to these new facilities, electric utilities are expanding their systems with new power plants and transmission lines. Because utilities profit by buil...| Environmental and Energy Law Program
Entergy proposes a new $3.2 billion natural gas plant to run a ‘game changing’ data center in northeast Louisiana; critics question the move| Floodlight
