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PJM’s big new data center plan: Make the states figure it out
PJM's plan would cut data centers off the grid first during emergencies unless they secure their own power, leaving states to enforce it.
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Ramaswamy takes nearly $100K from energy interests as Ohioans’ electric bills soar
Utility and gas PAC donations to Ramaswamy roughly doubled to $65,603 after a watchdog first flagged the money, with the biggest checks arriving on the filing deadline.
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Vivek Ramaswamy spent months cheering data centers. Now he wants voters to forget.
Ten recorded clips show Ramaswamy calling the data center boom good with no conditions attached.
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Backlash builds over Ramaswamy's 'embarrassing' speech to Ohio young conservatives
Acton called Ramaswamy an out-of-touch billionaire as the same crowd's data center complaints echo the moratorium Tiffin's council passed in April.
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Electric bills hit new highs across Ohio, state data shows
Experts point to PJM's slow approval of new power plants, data center demand, tariffs on grid steel and aging infrastructure as prices climb toward 2030.
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Chevron gave $200K to super PAC backing Jon Husted as he voted 13 times against withdrawing U.S. forces from Iran
Chevron's super PAC gift is the fourth-largest it received this cycle, coming as the company posted $12.1 billion in quarterly earnings tied to the war.
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The biggest battery east of the Mississippi is located in Ohio and will help power an AI complex
Developer Eolian bet on farmland near Amazon and Intel sites a decade ago, and now the wager could ease PJM's price spikes for AI data centers.
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Federal government will put 2,840 acres of Ohio’s only national forest out to bid for fracking
Public comments on the September auction close Aug. 17, part of a broader federal plan to lease 40,000 acres of Wayne National Forest for shale drilling.
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Pro-data center industry group behind ad campaign in Ohio, Oregon, five other states
Ohio's Connected Ohio and similar groups in six states share ad scripts funded by a coalition whose members include Microsoft, Google and Meta.
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Jon Husted spent 6 years courting data centers. Now he tells Ohioans facing higher bills: 'We are the problem.'
Husted's remark comes as Ohio's data center tax break cost $1.6 billion in 2025 and AEP Ohio disconnections hit 15%, four times FirstEnergy's rate.
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A $100M Ohio energy fund lacks transparency — and excludes renewables
An attorney general candidate's ethics complaint alleges JobsOhio's board chair has lobbying ties to AEP, which could gain from pending nuclear legislation.
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Acton would back a data center moratorium unless 6 conditions are met. Ramaswamy says Ohio needs more of them, not fewer.
Ramaswamy wants to sort good data center projects from bad ones and keep building, while Acton would bar new facilities that miss any of six conditions.
