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Search results for "Data centers have already hiked electricity prices on the public by 23 billion"

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James Fishback stated on February 26, 2026 in a speech:
Artificial intelligence data centers "drive up electric bills by 30 or 40%" and "suck up 500,000 gallons of water a day.”
By Samantha Putterman• March 4, 2026
Elizabeth Warren stated on June 05, 2026 in an X post:
“If you live near one of these large data centers, your electricity bills over the last five years have gone up by as much as 267%."
By Caleb McCullough• June 12, 2026
Morgan Luttrell stated on January 10, 2023 in a tweet:
"Energy costs are the highest in 15 years."
By Nusaiba Mizan• February 16, 2023
Tom O'Mara stated on January 20, 2026 in an op-ed:
“New Yorkers pay 49% more than the national average for electricity.”
By Brooke Johnpier• February 13, 2026
Ward Armstrong stated on September 27, 2011 in in TV ads.:
Appalachian Power Company is making "record profits."
By Warren Fiske• October 14, 2011
Gloria Romero Roses stated on July 18, 2012 in a mailer:
Says Joe Garcia "voted to raise our utility rates."
By Amy Sherman• August 13, 2012
Ron Johnson stated on March 26, 2013 in a constituent email:
A recent study of a proposed cap-and-trade policy’s effect on Wisconsin consumers showed it could "raise gasoline prices by 141 percent and electricity rates by 171 percent" by 2030.
By Dave Umhoefer• April 28, 2013
Scott Bessent stated on May 18, 2025 in remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press":
“Gasoline prices have collapsed under President Trump."
By Louis Jacobson• May 20, 2025
Jared Polis stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post:
Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• May 17, 2024
Atlanta Journal-Constitution stated on February 10, 2015 in news reports:
The proposed transportation tax plan revokes a tax-credit for consumers’ electric cars while the state retains similar credits for similar vehicles for businesses.
By April Hunt• March 16, 2015
Debbie Dooley stated on March 31, 2015 in a Twitter post:
The recently passed transportation funding bill is a billion-dollar tax increase for Georgians.
By April Hunt• April 27, 2015
Barack Obama stated on March 12, 2016 in remarks in Dallas at a Democratic National Committee reception:
"Right now, here in Texas, wind power is already cheaper than dirty fossil fuels."
By W. Gardner Selby• April 12, 2016
Joe Biden stated on February 06, 2012 in a speech in Tallahassee:
"Nationwide tuition at public universities is up almost 300 percent ... in the last 20 years."
By Amy Sherman• February 9, 2012
Mitt Romney stated on August 30, 2012 in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in Tampa:
Under the "Obama economy ... utility bills are higher."
By Louis Jacobson• August 31, 2012
Beto O'Rourke stated on April 23, 2022 in an Instagram post:
"Under Greg Abbott, property taxes have gone up $20 billion."
By Nusaiba Mizan• May 19, 2022
Californians for Lower Drug Prices stated on March 21, 2016 in a press release:
"Twenty-seven out-of-state pharmaceutical companies have raised more campaign dollars (against a drug price control measure) than all other state ballot measures have raised to date, combined."
By Chris Nichols• April 4, 2016
Tom Perriello stated on October 12, 2010 in a TV ad:
 "Senator Robert Hurt voted for a bill that’s raised your electric rates seven times."
By Wes Hester• October 30, 2010
Jack Reed stated on November 04, 2010 in a letter to a Senate committee:
"New England already has access to ample supplies of natural gas."
By Peter Lord• January 23, 2011
Denise Grimsley stated on January 31, 2012 in a statement:
"Florida ranks 45th" in the nation for tuition.
By Joshua Gillin• February 27, 2012
Ted Cruz stated on November 10, 2014 in a Facebook post:
Says Obama's net neutrality proposal "puts the government in charge of determining Internet pricing, terms of service and what types of products and services can be delivered."
By Lauren Carroll• November 13, 2014

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