"The Mercury provides news and fun every single day-but your help is essential. If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and arts coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us. Thanks for your support! Good morning, Portland! The rain continues today, though the soaking weather may, kindly, pause for most of the day and return at night."
"* Oregon recently passed a law-the POWER Act-requiring data centers to pay for their own, growing energy costs, hoping to avoid spikes in residential power rates for state residents who never asked for all these data centers. But Portland General Electric, which is Oregon's largest electric utility company, appears to want regular Oregonians to foot the data centers' bills. PGE has a plan that would place new electricity cost burdens on state residents for the vast majority of a data center's lifespan."
A local newsroom requests small monthly contributions to sustain smart local journalism and arts coverage. Steady rain will continue in Portland with a midday pause and return of showers at night, raising flood concerns beyond wet commutes. Flooding concerns complicate otherwise pleasant rain. Oregon passed the POWER Act to require data centers to pay their growing energy costs to avoid residential rate spikes. Portland General Electric proposes a plan that would shift new electricity cost burdens onto residents for most of a data center’s lifespan. The Oregon Public Utilities Commission will consider PGE's proposal this spring. The Oregon Government Ethics Commission opened an investigation into six Portland City Councilors over a private August meeting.
Read at Portland Mercury
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]