\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPennsylvania utility regulators are working to ensure that large power users, such as data centers, do not drive up electric bills for regular customers. The Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently approved guidance stating that large-load users should pay for the grid upgrades needed for their projects themselves.The guidance also allows utilities to charge these users if their projects are canceled after money has already been spent on them. PUC leaders said the goal is to prevent residential and small-business customers from absorbing costs tied to explosive growth. Consumer advocates have welcomed the move but said that, because the guidance is not a binding rule, more action may still be needed.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania utility regulators are working to ensure that large power users, such as data centers, do not drive up electric bills for regular customers. <\/p>\n
The Public Utility Commission (PUC) recently approved guidance stating that large-load users should pay for the grid upgrades needed for their projects themselves.<\/p>\n
The guidance also allows utilities to charge these users if their projects are canceled after money has already been spent on them. <\/p>\n
PUC leaders said the goal is to prevent residential and small-business customers from absorbing costs tied to explosive growth. <\/p>\n
Consumer advocates have welcomed the move but said that, because the guidance is not a binding rule, more action may still be needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania utility regulators are working to ensure that large power users, such as data centers, do not drive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[77769,2438,2924,2116,67182,81986,81983,81978,59882,81981,81979,81984,81980,81982,539,28,30,29,81985,81977,4582,9918,9917],"class_list":["post-183849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-consumer-advocate","tag-cost","tag-customer","tag-data-centers","tag-datum-center","tag-explosive-growth","tag-grid-upgrade","tag-grid-upgrades","tag-guidance","tag-high-electric-bill","tag-higher-electric-bills","tag-large-power-user","tag-large-power-users","tag-large-load-user","tag-pa","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-pennsylvania-regulator","tag-pennsylvania-regulators","tag-project","tag-public-utility-commission","tag-puc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}