Ryan @ Ansible Games & CDF
I'm pleased that the Colorado Public Utilities Commission has taken steps to ensure data centers on our grid will pay more for electricity than residential customers. It is unreasonable that a large-load consumer of a finite resource would pay the same as a resident. We need the same for water. https://coloradosun.com/2026/04/02/data-centers-xcel-energy-colorado-rate-tariff-consumers/ #climatejustice
Xcel proposes new rate scale for data centers to shield consumers from added power costs

So-called large-load customers could make up most of the new demand for electricity in Xcel’s Colorado service area in 5 years

The Colorado Sun
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Show threadCedar Fen Farm Cedar Fen Farm2d ago

@ansiblegames

These utilities need to be returned to public cooperative ownership like they were in the 1960's.

Show threadMaxilo Overit19h ago
@ansiblegames We should require they build wind and solar on site and not allow them to connect to the grid. Similarly, they should be asked to harvest water from the data center rooftops, or condense it from the air, and reuse their waste, and not release anything into local drains that a rich person wouldn't drink.
Show threadRyan @ Ansible Games & CDF18h ago
@aka_quant_noir I agree that any power hungry business should be responsible for its own power gen. Public utilities should primarily be for the public.