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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…

AI Data Centers are sending power bills soaring

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By: Leah Steinberg

September 29, 2025

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…

Data center construction is booming, and it could affect utility rates

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By: Leah Steinberg

May 2, 2025

By: Bennet Goldstein / Wisconsin Watch This Wisconsin Watch article highlights how Wisconsin utilities and lawmakers are racing to attract data centers with tax breaks and discounted power rates. While…

Public comment period extended for natural gas project

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By: Tom Content

March 26, 2025

State energy regulators on Tuesday, March 25, ended a hearing before everyone who attended had the chance to voice their comments about $1.7 billion in natural gas projects proposed by…