Don Hawkins - W7DAHFeb 11

Oregon, other states target data centers' energy costs - oregonlive.com https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2026/02/other-states-follow-oregons-lead-in-targeting-data-centers-energy-costs.html

#Oregon #Electricity #PublicUtilities #States #Consumers #Energy #BPA #DataCenters #Environment #Sustainability #Power #Activism #Resist #Protest #Solar #Wind #Renewables #Climate #HydroElectric #TechBros #Technology #LLM #AI #Profit #Loss #Affordability #Bills

Other states follow Oregon’s lead in targeting data centers’ energy costs

Officials are scrutinizing how data centers affect the electric bills of households, small businesses and other industries.

oregonlive
The USA PotatoJan 2

As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities

“Public power” organizers are pushing for democratized control and truly public ownership of our energy system.

https://murica.website/2026/01/as-electricity-bills-rise-activists-are-demanding-public-control-of-utilities/

As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities – The USA Potato

Alice Dubiel 🔬💉🦠😷🌬☮️Dec 14
Don't like your capitalist ripoff public utility? (I'm thinking PG&E especially--new gas explosion in Hayward CA where I grew up) Try socializing it!
#publicutilities #publicpower
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/nyregion/central-hudson-utility-takeover.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8U8.WvVR.h1l1Nm7o0QXa&smid=url-share
How to Fight Rising Utility Bills? Take Over the Company, Activists Say.

A grass-roots coalition is trying to push New York State to use eminent domain to buy out Central Hudson Gas & Electric and replace it with a public authority.

The New York Times
Show threadKevin Karhan Nov 13
@verdantsquare SHIT LIKE THIS is why #Churches should.not be allowed to own or operate #PublicUtilities and #Infrastructure like #Hospitals, and whx the #ChildfuckerCult needs to be outlawed, with their assets being seized!
The USA PotatoNov 11

Data Centers Devour Electricity. Private Equity Is Buying Utilities to Cash In.

The seizure of public utilities for the sake of profit may lead to a disaster for consumers -- and the planet.

https://murica.website/2025/11/data-centers-devour-electricity-private-equity-is-buying-utilities-to-cash-in/

Data Centers Devour Electricity. Private Equity Is Buying Utilities to Cash In. – The USA Potato

ClarotySep 3, 2025

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#SLG #NERCCIP #NERC #cybersecurity #NetworkProtection #ZeroTrust #NERCCIP0151 #ExposureManagement #AssetDiscovery #ThreatDetection #CPS

DysruptionHubAug 1, 2025
Cyber Investigation Underway at Detroit Water Facility After Network Intrusion Attempt #CriticalInfrastructure #WaterTreatment #PublicUtilities #Cyberattack #Michigan https://zba.bz/IMnOD
Cyber Probe at Detroit Water Plant

Michigan State Police are probing a possible cyber breach of a Detroit water plant's reporting system; GLWA says water quality was never at risk.

The Dysruption Hub
ThreeOfUsJun 12, 2025
F*ck me my water bill has gone up by 37.4% in the last 14 months. How did that happen? And I don’t get to switch providers, I just have to suck it up. WTaF?
#water #utilities #publicutilities
PeggyStuartJan 10, 2025

Utilities charged with responsibility for wildfires seek to raise rates. Oregon lawmakers question whether they should.

#DemCast #Wildfires #PublicUtilities

https://www.oregoncapitalinsider.com/news/lawmakers-propose-pause-on-rate-hikes-from-utilities-embroiled-in-wildfire-lawsuits/article_73fb663

Dave á JusJan 8, 2025

Obituary for the late Mark Zuckerberg who turned a Harvard campus creeper app, scraping and rating female students' photos, into a global Public Information Utility, who left this life firmly committed to the right of every member of the Public to enjoy their own truth; and to evade their rights established under the Common Carrier clause of the US Code which was enacted to protect citizens from parasitic utilities like those operated by Meta Corp.

https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title47/chapter5/subchapter2&edition=prelim

#law #justice #AI #satire #1A #freespeech #commonCarrier #publicUtilities #antitrust #regulation #oversight #publicInterest #publicSector #journo #journalism #RIP #obituary #meta #social #factChecking #disinfo #disinformation #propaganda #truth #truthMatters #facts #factsMatter