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

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Data Centers Are Coming and Utility Customers Could Pay the Price
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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…

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

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

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Data centers have sprung up across Wisconsin creating odd political fault lines | Opinion
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By: Kristin Brey | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Data centers may not spark the same emotions as abortion or taxes, and the policy positions won’t track neatly along red vs. blue…

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New UCS Analysis Reveals Billions of Dollars in Unreported Data Center Costs Passed onto PJM Customers
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By: Daela Taeoalii-Tipton | Union of Concerned Scientists  A new analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists finds that PJM, the nation’s largest electric grid operator, is underreporting billions in…

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AI Data Centers are sending power bills soaring
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By: Josh Saul, Leonardo Nicoletti, Demetrios Pogkas, Dina Bass, and Naureen Malik | Bloomberg As AI data centers rapidly expand across the country, they’re driving up electricity demand—and potentially prices—for…

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Will Data Centers Gobble Up Wisconsin?
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By: Bruce Murphy | Urban Milwaukee This Urban Milwaukee column raises sharp concerns about the true costs of Wisconsin’s data center boom. While companies like Microsoft receive generous tax breaks…

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Join Us in La Crosse: The Upper Midwest Energy Forum
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This November, CUB is bringing utility customers, sustainability professionals, and business leaders together for a powerful, in-person event in La Crosse: the Upper Midwest Energy Forum. Taking place just before…

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Learn & Save This Fall with CUB’s Free Energy Education Webinars
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At CUB, we believe that informed utility customers are powerful utility customers. That’s why this fall, we’re offering several educational opportunities designed to help you better understand your energy use…

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