Unexpected electricity bill spikes from nearby developments

Residents get sudden large increases in electric bills caused by new data centers or other projects nearby, with no prior notice, hurting their household budgets.

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Got the new electric bill and about choked. Up almost 40 percent from last year, no new appliances, no extra AC use, nothing on my end changed at all. Turns out the county approved a new data center campus about four miles out last year and nobody mailed us a notice, we just started seeing it on the rate sheet this cycle. The co-op guy on the phone was pretty upfront about it actually, said more…