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Robin Englehart-Bagley
@rubyinsd.bsky.social

It's worth pointing out that BHE has asked the SD PUC for a 25% rate hike - but oh, that has nothing to do with #datacenters. And a couple months after that filing - here's the rest of the story. Of course #ratepayers are funding this www.reuters.com/business/ene...

reuters.comBlack Hills plans $1.8 billion investment to power Google's data centerBlack Hills Corp said on Tuesday it signed agreements to power a proposed Google data center ​in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and plans to spend $1.8 ‌billion from 2027 to 2029 on new generation capacity, as te...

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Travis Stevens
@travisjack.bsky.social

Households shouldn't be underwriting data-center load through higher rates. If a project drives the buildout, that load should pay its own way—not get passed onto families already watching every bill.