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A New Unifying Issue: Just About Everyone Hates Data Centers
Recent election results and evidence from states show misgivings about the growth of AI and the ramifications for energy costs and the environment.
By Dan Gearino
A Data Center Could Be Coming to an Upstate New York Town, and Residents Are Speaking Out
By Lauren Dalban
Illinois General Assembly Passes Energy Reform Act Aiming to Reduce Rates and Reach Clean Energy Goals
By Sarah Mattalian
With a Lock on State Government Control, Virginia Democrats Now Face Difficult Decisions on Data Centers and Renewable Energy
By Charles Paullin
Green Groups’ Election Takeaway: Focus on Trump Energy Agenda Costs
By Marianne Lavelle
Why Are Rates Rising Faster at Investor-Owned Utilities Than at Public Utilities?
By Blanca Begert
In Virginia, Voters Head to the Polls Hot Over Data Centers, Solar Facilities and Rising Electric Bills
By Charles Paullin
Maryland Leads Multistate Push to Shield Consumers from New Data Center Costs
By Aman Azhar
Four Governors Whose States Rely on PJM Want Data Centers to Guarantee Their Own Power
By Rambo Talabong
How Did This State Become the Data Center Capital of the World?
By Dan Gearino, Charles Paullin
Data Center Developer Takes a Small Michigan Farming Community to Court
By K.R. Callaway
Central Maine Power Faces Backlash Over Proposed Rate Hikes and Shareholder Profits
By Ryan Krugman
Renewable Energy Act Before Illinois Legislature Would Decrease Stress on Ratepayers, Advocates Say
By Sarah Mattalian
Rising Electric Rates Tied to Distribution Spending, Disasters and Some Clean Energy Programs, Study Says
By Blanca Begert
PJM Pursues Rule Change to Meet Data Center Surge. Critics Fear Gas Suppliers Could Benefit.
By Rambo Talabong
A Bitcoin Mine Came to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and Dafter Township Isn’t Happy
By Tom Perkins
Texas Grid Operators and Regulators Iron Out New Rules for Data Centers
By Arcelia Martin
A Michigan Town Hopes to Stop a Data Center With a 2026 Ballot Initiative
By Tom Perkins
Despite Stiff Opposition, an Alabama City Changes Its Laws to Accommodate Data Centers
By Lanier Isom
Los Alamos and University of Michigan Want to Build a National Security ‘Data Center’ in Ypsilanti. Residents and Local Officials See Few Benefits.
By Tom Perkins
How Much Water and Energy do Data Centers Consume? A New Jersey Bill Demands Answers.
By Rambo Talabong
Dominion Energy and Big Tech Maneuver Over Pivotal Rate Decision in Virginia
By Charles Paullin
To Handle Data Centers, the Electricity System May Need New Rules. Here Is a Proposal
By Dan Gearino
New Jersey Orders Probe, Demands Transparency From PJM
By Rambo Talabong
Delaying Even More Coal, Gas Plant Closures Could Cost Ratepayers Billions
By Carrie Klein
Why Prices Are Soaring in the Country’s Largest Grid Region, Explained in 5 Charts
By Dan Gearino, Rambo Talabong
Are You a Customer of PJM? Its Capacity Auction Will Affect Your Electricity Prices in 2026
By Rambo Talabong
Consumers (and a Utility) Get a Win in Ohio, While Data Centers Take the Loss
By Dan Gearino
A 20 Percent Electric Bill Surge Tests New Jersey’s Climate Goals
By Rambo Talabong
