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In a win for consumers

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the Wisconsin

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Public Service Commission

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just ruled that

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existing electricity customers

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should not pay a single cent

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to subsidize the service

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of data centers.

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I was frankly surprised.

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I've had a good feeling

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that we were going to get

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some of what we asked

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for in terms of

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significant changes

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to what the proposal was

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but we got the vast majority

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of our changes, or changes

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that addressed our concerns.

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They really

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the commissioners really

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sent a message

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even though they can't

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control every cent

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they sent a message that

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every dollar needs

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to be accounted for

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and every

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as one of the

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commissioners put it

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'Every cent should be paid for

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by the tech companies.'

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What else stood out for you

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from the PSC on this case?

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The fact that the data centers

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will be on the hook for

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100% of the new power plants.

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There was one scenario where

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other customers

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small businesses, homeowners

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renters would be on

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and other businesses

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would be on the hook

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for up to 25% of the cost

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of new power plants.

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That's not a small number.

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We Energies has already

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gotten approval for over

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almost $2 billion in projects

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and has another $6 billion

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in the queue.

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So, a quarter of that

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a quarter of that would have

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been a couple billion dollars

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on the hook

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that customers would have

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been responsible for.

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So that was a big

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the biggest change

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and one that

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we really appreciated.