We need to blame renewables for rate increases

[Old Rocks]

Seems to be the clarion call by the Epstein class and the MAGA ass kissers. Here are the facts;
STONE RIDGE, VIRGINIA – JULY 17: In an aerial view, an Amazon Web Services data center is shown situated near single-family homes on July 17, 2024 in Stone Ridge, Virginia. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

IEEFA believes West Virginia energy consumers will be expected to pay $572 million, or over three times IEEFA’s initial 2025 estimate of $185 million, despite NextEra having no customers in the state.

PJM plans for data center loads to stretch into the early 2030s, potentially resulting in an even higher demand for new transmission lines into data center hotspots like Northern Virginia, IEEFA report predicted. The group noted that ratepayers will likely bear the brunt of the costs.

MSN

 

[White 6]

Seems to be the clarion call by the Epstein class and the MAGA ass kissers. Here are the facts;
STONE RIDGE, VIRGINIA – JULY 17: In an aerial view, an Amazon Web Services data center is shown situated near single-family homes on July 17, 2024 in Stone Ridge, Virginia. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

IEEFA believes West Virginia energy consumers will be expected to pay $572 million, or over three times IEEFA’s initial 2025 estimate of $185 million, despite NextEra having no customers in the state.

PJM plans for data center loads to stretch into the early 2030s, potentially resulting in an even higher demand for new transmission lines into data center hotspots like Northern Virginia, IEEFA report predicted. The group noted that ratepayers will likely bear the brunt of the costs.

MSN

It is not the renewables. It is the date centers costs of construction and operation, being externalized to the people of that state. It is just like pollution. It is really cool to have a manufacturing process that creates costs in the form of pollution and just dump it into the air and the streams for the people to pay for cleaning up, to keep your costs low. But, it just ain't right to externalize the cost of you doing business to the public for the sake of your profits. You want to build, run and make money on a data center, you should be forking up the costs, not transferring the cost to the people not benefitting from your new enterprise.