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Consumers Energy rate changes aim to shelter customers from AI data center costs

LANSING, MI - Consumers Energy, Michigan’s second largest electric utility, has a newly modified electric rate in place that ...
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Consumers Energy rate terms for huge data center electricity users get state OK

The Public Service Commission voted 3-0 to OK terms for users that consume at least 100 megawatts, including minimum 15-year ...

Voters' anger over high electricity bills and data centers loom over 2026 midterms

Voter anger over the cost of living is hurtling forward into next year's midterm elections, when pivotal contests will be decided by communities that are home to fast-rising electric bills or fights ...

Fed’s Goolsbee Says He’s Uneasy About Rate Cuts Without Data

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Austan Goolsbee said a lack of inflation data during the government shutdown makes ...

Michigan OKs landmark regulations that push up-front costs to data centers

Michigan regulators have adopted landmark standards for the booming data center industry with a plan they say tries to protect residents from subsidizing the industry's hefty energy use.
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As the Fed meets to determine interest rates, they have less data to rely on

While some regional Fed banks have hard data, many of those figures come from agencies that are closed during the shutdown.

Fed expected to cut rates again, even as officials fly blind without data

The Federal Reserve convenes its policy meeting this week as the government shutdown leaves central bankers without most ...

PPL projects $20B in infrastructure investments and 9.8% annual rate base growth through 2028 as data center demand accelerates

Q3 2025 Management View Vincent Sorgi, President and CEO, reported third quarter GAAP earnings of $0.43 per share, with ...