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Old Crank

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19. The problem is the price structure

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Jul 1, 2026, 05:22 AM

9 hrs ago

Most electric companies that I have been hooked up with have staggered rates.
A life line rate, very cheap
A rate based on expected use for a household
Then a higher rate for going over that.
But large commercial users get a lower rate because they use a lot.

So data centers suck up a lot of electric at a lower cost and the power companies have to augment their base supply with peaking generators of buying from some one else.

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County With 37 Data Centers Asks Schools to 'Conserve Electricity' [View all] highplainsdem 22 hrs ago OP

Consequences. Assume the local community thought data centers were a good idea... erronis 22 hrs ago #1

Their county officials sound as innane and stupid as ours here in the AZ borderlands Attilatheblond 22 hrs ago #2

I do not understand why delisen 22 hrs ago #3

This unregulated shit needs to be banned yesterday. This is beyond insane. Karasu 22 hrs ago #4

"Also, we need everyone to stop bathing and drinking so much water." tanyev 21 hrs ago #5

Dude- mwmisses4289 21 hrs ago #6

Shut down the effing data centers!' C Moon 21 hrs ago #7

Glen Younkin was our last governor... renordgren 21 hrs ago #8

Everyone must serve the needs of the tech billionaires dalton99a 20 hrs ago #9

These data centers will eventually destroy the communities and make them uninhabitable and sustainable in the next 5 kimbutgar 19 hrs ago #10

Same thing we say about SpaceX RussBLib 19 hrs ago #12

Data centers are trying to move into our rural area and their biggest investors are our local power company ToxMarz 19 hrs ago #11

I am 78 years old, I retired after 40 years in a steel mill. Our plant consumed over $1 million doc03 18 hrs ago #13

Great job, Richmond! Youngkin installed these parasites and now we have to live with them. Martin68 18 hrs ago #14

So fitting that Richmond was the former capitol of the Confederacy. SunSeeker 13 hrs ago #17

This message was self-deleted by its author SunSeeker 13 hrs ago #18

404 media is paywalled out the wazoo. Has anyone actually read this? usonian 16 hrs ago #15

This was always going to happen. Aussie105 15 hrs ago #16

The problem is the price structure Old Crank 9 hrs ago #19

Ya know... purr-rat beauty 6 hrs ago #20

They of course want to bring them to Kansas. MAGA types are yelling and screaming Bengus81 5 hrs ago #21