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sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

Oregon data centers now have to pay full costs of expanding the power grid to meet their needs

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Oregon data centers now have to pay full costs of expanding the power grid to meet their needs

www.kgw.com

sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago
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Newly approved rules aim to ensure that smaller ratepayers don't wind up footing the bill for power grid upgrades that are primary needed to serve big new users.
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    It will be quietly repealed or ignored entirely

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      Or they will find another state that is cheaper for them to build in.

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        Idaho

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          +1 for Idaho, they deserve it.

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        This would be even better.

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        We can only hope!

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      Another option that has actually happened in other places: sue them into compliance! It doesn’t even matter if you win or not, what matters is making people look down the barrel of legislative costs while you have infinite money!

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