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A New N.C. Ratepayer Bill Puts the Brakes on Data Centers, but Incentivizes Fossil Fuels

The price of fuel, such as natural gas, and the build-out of fossil fuel infrastructure are largely behind recent rate hikes in the state.

By Lisa Sorg

A gas turbine is delivered to Duke Energy’s natural gas-fired power plant in Lincoln County, North Carolina, in 2019. Credit: Duke Energy
Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a primary election night event on May 19 in Warminster, Pa. Credit: Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images

Pennsylvania’s Governor Has a Plan to Make Data Centers Bring Their Own Energy. Now Comes the Hard Part.

By Kyle Bagenstose

The campus of NextEra’s headquarters is seen on Monday in Juno Beach, Fla. Credit: Marco Bello/Getty Images

A Utility Mega-Merger Is All About Data Centers

By Dan Gearino, Amy Green, Charles Paullin

Gov. Abigail Spanberger speaks in the chamber of the Supreme Court of Virginia on March 2 in Richmond. Credit: Mike Kropf-Pool/Getty Images

Virginia Governor Signs Dominion-Backed Bills. All Eyes on Regulators Now.

By Charles Paullin

Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger delivers remarks on Feb. 24 in Williamsburg. Credit: Mike Kropf/Getty Images

Virginia Legislature Bucks Governor’s Amendments to Dominion-Backed Bill

By Charles Paullin

Duke Energy receives tax breaks for its data centers, even though it reported $4.9 billion in gross profits last year. Credit: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP via Getty Images

Duke Energy Received Tax Breaks on Its Three N.C. Data Centers

By Lisa Sorg

Tech companies continue to benefit from tax exemptions and favorable energy rates for data centers in Georgia. Credit: Noah Berger/Getty Images via Amazon Web Services

Bills to Protect Ratepayers From Data Centers Fail in Georgia Legislature

By Ryan Krugman

High voltage power lines run through a sub-station along the power grid in Miami on Jan. 14. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Legislation Aims to Protect Floridians From Data Center Costs, but Will It?

By Amy Green

President Donald Trump holds up the Ratepayer Protection Pledge after signing it during a roundtable meeting at the White House on Wednesday. Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Big Tech Signs Trump Pledge to Pay Data-Center Power Costs. Fulfilling It Is the Hard Part.

By Rambo Talabong, Charles Paullin

President Donald Trump holds an image showing the size of a proposed Meta data center during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Aug. 26, 2025. Credit: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images

Few Details on Trump’s Plan for Self-Powered Data Centers

By Charles Paullin

Morgan Harper, a community organizer and former U.S. Senate candidate, speaks at a protest in January outside the offices of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio in Columbus, urging officials to reject a rate increase from the local utility. Credit: George Shillcock/WOSU

Why Electricity Bills Are So High—and How the Blowback Could Hit Trump

By Dan Gearino, Marianne Lavelle

Cars pass a data center under construction in Ashburn, Va., on Nov, 12, 2025. Credit: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

Clean Energy Advocates Criticize ‘Glaring’ Omission in White House Plan to Fuel Data Centers in PJM Region

By Marianne Lavelle, Kiley Bense

Line workers attend to distribution poles in Richmond, Va. Credit: Charles Paullin/Inside Climate News

Virginia Regulators Approve New Dominion Rates, Assign More Costs to Data Centers

By Charles Paullin

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes speaks at an election event on Nov. 2, 2024, in Phoenix. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Arizona’s AG Is Clear-Eyed About the State’s Energy Costs and Water Scarcity—but Can It Help Her Win Reelection?

By Wyatt Myskow

Rural Michigan residents rally this month against the $7 billion Stargate data center planned on southeast Michigan farm land in Saline. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Michigan Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Repeal Data Center Tax Incentives

By Tom Perkins

The construction site of a 75 megawatt data center is seen in Denver on May 13. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

Environmental Groups Demand a Nationwide Freeze on Data Center Construction

By Lauren Dalban

Construction of an offshore wind turbine is seen off the coast of New York in 2023. Credit: Mark Harrington/Newsday RM via Getty Images

New Jersey Has A New Map For Its Energy Future. The Ground Under It Is Already Shifting.

By Rambo Talabong

A power substation is seen near Birmingham, Ala. Credit: Lee Hedgepeth/Inside Climate News

Alabama Regulators Approve Two-Year Electric Rate Freeze and Two Solar Projects for a Meta Inc. Data Center

By Dennis Pillion

Wind turbines are visible from the highway in Atlantic City, N.J. Credit: Rachel Wisniewski/The Washington Post

Murdoch Media Wrongly Pinned NJ High Electricity Costs on Clean Energy, Says Watchdog

By Rambo Talabong

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