Oregon ratepayers have been hit with six consecutive years of rate increases amid what PGE says is an unprecedented rise in demand for electricity, of which data centers are a major driver.
Fun fact, the biggest shareholder of Portland general electric is blackrock.
That will absolutely decimate Oregon’s job market when companies take all 20 data center jobs to another state.
The 2 years its under construction, sure.
Then it staffs them with like…20 people. Oh no.
At most.
DATACENTERS EMPLOY HUNDREDS OF WORKERS!!!
For a year or two, during construction. All contractors. After construction, what? Maybe a hundred people on-site?
Why will no one think of the poor, starving, trillion dollar companies? It’s NOT FAIR that they have to pay the same amount as the POORS! /s
Not a hundred. We’re talking a dozen on a busy day. Last time I was on-site I didn’t see another soul for hours.
Not even a hundred workers.
How dare you! The data centers in Prineville supports dozens of families! /s just don’t ask where the reservoir went…
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I hope my state requires the same.
But, it should be more--pay the full cost of expanding the power grid plus some additional amount beyond what they need for the use of the state, and pay for ongoing maintenance of the expansion.
Why? Because fuck 'em, that’s why.
Because that’s fair, and these people should have to pay true market value and the cost of healing the environmental damage. If that includes desalinization and reforestation, so be it.
Time to close that barn door now that they’ve all left. Nice work legislators!
It will be quietly repealed or ignored entirely
Or they will find another state that is cheaper for them to build in.
We can only hope!
Idaho
+1 for Idaho, they deserve it.
This would be even better.
Oh good!
