Leah Steinberg, Author at Citizens Utility Board

Wisconsin regulators: Data centers must cover full cost of their energy needs

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By: Leah Steinberg

April 24, 2026

Wisconsin Watch | Paul Kiefer Large data centers served by We Energies will pick up the entire tab for new power plants, solar farms and other generators needed to power…

PSC makes significant changes while approving We Energies data center electricity rates

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By: Leah Steinberg

April 24, 2026

BizTimes | Arthur Thomas The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin on Friday approved proposed electricity rates for data centers served by We Energies while making changes aimed at protecting other…

Wisconsin debates how to pay for the power-hungry AI boom

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By: Leah Steinberg

January 27, 2026

By: Kari Lydersen | Canary Media As Wisconsin faces a wave of interest from AI-powered data centers, a key question is emerging: who should pay for the massive infrastructure upgrades…

Electricity analysts raise concerns over proposed data center rate plan

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By: Leah Steinberg

January 23, 2026

By: Francesca Pica | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel A new report warns that residential utility customers in Wisconsin could end up subsidizing the massive energy needs of incoming data centers. As…

Disputes over clean energy may doom Wisconsin data center bills

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By: Leah Steinberg

January 16, 2026

By: Kari Lydersen | Canary Media Wisconsin lawmakers on both sides of the aisle agree that data centers shouldn’t drive up utility bills for families and small businesses. But a…

Power Brokers: What’s really behind your soaring utility bills

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By: Leah Steinberg

January 15, 2026

By: Nick Bowlin | Harper’s Magazine Nick Bowlin examines the rising cost of utility bills and how the growth of energy-intensive industries like data centers is reshaping the energy landscape.…

As energy-hungry data centers loom, Wisconsin ratepayers owe $1 billion on shuttered power plants

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By: Leah Steinberg

December 18, 2025

By: Tom Kertscher / Wisconsin Watch and Paul Kiefer / Wisconsin Watch This investigation from Wisconsin Watch reveals that utility customers in Wisconsin still owe nearly $1 billion on coal plants that no…

Data Centers Are Coming and Utility Customers Could Pay the Price

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By: Leah Steinberg

December 15, 2025

By: Teri Barr | Civic Media Citizens Utility Board Executive Director Tom Content warns energy demands from AI-driven data centers could double electricity use in parts of Wisconsin and raises…

We Energies plans $5.5 billion in new energy projects as data center demand grows

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By: Leah Steinberg

November 12, 2025

By: Francesca Pica | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel We Energies filed a flurry of applications to build more than $5.5 billion in new energy projects to meet Wisconsin’s rising energy demand,…

$1.4B transmission line project proposed for Port Washington data center

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By: Leah Steinberg

October 17, 2025

By: Evan Casey | Wisconsin Public Radio WPR reports that a $1.4 billion transmission line project is being proposed to serve a massive data center in Port Washington—one that could…