High power bills? Blame bad state policies, not data centers

Pass Consumer-Regulated Electricity (CRE) Legislation

This legislation would let data centers supply or buy their own power. Finding a way to enable data centers and other large-load users to meet their outsized power needs without saddling households with higher rates from adding new power plants is a challenge for policymakers. The answer is to give the private sector the freedom to “build, bring, or buy” their own power from systems off the grid.’

https://www.johnlocke.org/high-power-bills-blame-bad-state-policies-not-data-centers/

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