Residents demand action on resource-heavy developments, but local governments say state law curtails their power.
Public officials can make the greatest difference when they focus on their communities’ housing, transportation and utility costs.
Industry surveys reveal a growing disconnect between when data centers expect power and when utilities can provide it.
The unprecedented move aims to quell concerns about data centers driving up energy costs.
They could act as official intervenors in rate-hike cases, bringing the power of their offices to bear.
Utilities are spending billions to modernize transmission for renewables, manufacturing and data centers with costs passed on to ratepayers statewide.
Across the country, commissions are fielding protests, rejecting hikes and debating rate freezes all while rents and other bills continue to climb.
Advocates say developers are exploiting a loophole in state air quality regulations.
The state trails far behind Illinois and Ohio, which together hold half of all operating facilities in the region.
Data center exemptions now make up nearly 80 percent of all economic-incentive spending, even as communities raise concerns about rising power costs.
The sweeping funding initiative is aimed at replenishing supply and fixing failing systems as the state braces for future drought risk.
Construction of Meta’s $27 billion “Hyperion” facility coincides with a more than 600 percent spike in truck crashes.
As utility bills soar, Gov.-elect Mikie Sherrill faces a high-stakes balancing act over an embattled natural gas project that would stabilize prices—but at a cost to the environment.
The bill is coming due after years of underinvestment in water infrastructure. New research highlights needs in each state and the economic benefits from meeting them.
Missouri utility regulators approved a tariff to ensure large power users are responsible for offsetting some of the effect their usage has on the power grid and other customers.
Residents in four industrial corridor towns can see real-time air quality data — a project environmental groups hope will prompt voluntary emissions fixes without relying on regulation.
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