Beshear’s instincts on data centers are good but his tools are few
“Electrical utilities are government-protected monopolies, so any proposed changes become a dance between consumers and utilities refereed by the Public Service Commission and the regulations bestowed on them by the legislature – a data center cannot go to the electricity store and buy a box of electricity as though it were an office supply. Policies like consumer-regulated electricity – in which entities can create their own electrical grid, generate and sell power, and avoid PSC regulation while insulating current ratepayers–are not currently the law of the land in the commonwealth (though lawmakers should change that).”
