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The Terrible Combined With the Good

The Ratepayer Protection Act, making its way through the North Carolina legislature, conjoins two opposing ideas. On one side, the bill would rein in data centers and their ravenous power consumption, and shield North Carolinians from paying higher electric bills as a result of d

The Terrible Combined With the Good
Inside Climate News โ€” 7 June 2026
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The Ratepayer Protection Act, making its way through the North Carolina legislature, conjoins two opposing ideas. On one side, the bill would rein in data centers and their ravenous power consumption, and shield North Carolinians from paying higher electric bills as a result of data centersโ€™ operations.ย  On the other, the measure would liberate Duke [โ€ฆ]

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