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In Virginia, Voters Head to the Polls Hot Over Data Centers, Solar Facilities and Rising Electric Bills
Virginia, birthplace of the Internet, has more data centers than anywhere else in the world, bringing in billions in tax revenues. But continued data center development is forcing electric rates up, and environmentalists fear it could also bring calls for more fossil fuel power plants.
By Charles Paullin
‘Burning Money:’ Dept. of Energy Directs $100 Million to Modernize Declining Coal Plants
The funding represents Trump’s latest attempt at coal revitalization, but updating the nation’s aging facilities would cost billions, experts say.
By Anika Jane Beamer
How Alabama Power Kept Bills Up and Opposition Out to Become One of the Most Powerful Utilities in the Country
In one of the poorest states in America, the local utility earns massive profits producing dirty energy with almost no pushback from state regulators.
By Dennis Pillion, Lee Hedgepeth
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