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Jackson says data centers should pay more of energy costs

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Attorney General Jeff Jackson told the North Carolina Utilities Commission that data centers should shoulder more of the costs tied to their power demand, arguing for a separate rate class for data centers and a path for the companies to supply their own clean energy. In a filing Tuesday, Jackson said trillion-dollar

Duke Energy settlement would make data centers pay upfront

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Duke Energy has reached a settlement with the North Carolina Public Staff and major technology companies on a large-load tariff that would require new data centers and other high-use customers to pay upfront for grid costs built to serve them, pending Utilities Commission approval. The agreement covers Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke