Oregon lawmakers craft bill to shield consumers from the cost of powering data centers

By the end of the decade, Oregon’s electricity usage is expected to skyrocket due to power-hungry data centers. This extraordinary increase in energy demand may also result in higher home power bills.

Therefore, in order to provide Oregon regulators more power to shield residential consumers from the expenses of serving Big Tech, state lawmakers are drafting legislation for the next session.

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