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Why does Wisconsin

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need a law regulating

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these data centers?

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Wisconsin

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currently has no laws

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on the book

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that provide

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any regulatory

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oversight

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with regard

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to transparency

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accountability

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for water usage

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for energy rates

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for those community

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impacts that people

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are very concerned about.

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So this

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legislation is intended

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to provide

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an overarching

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regulatory framework

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to fill that current vacuum.

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How does your bill protect

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utility ratepayers

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or consumers?

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It's a great question

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because we really wanted

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to focus on that in terms

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of the transparency

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and accountability again.

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Utility rates

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are already too high

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in Wisconsin

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and with winter

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coming down, it's very much

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front and center

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on people's minds

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especially in these uncertain

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economic times.

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So what this bill does

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is it establishes

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a very large

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customer class

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which these big data

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and data centers

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would fall into.

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That class

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would be responsible

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for the extremely high

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energy production needs

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that they call upon

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not individuals or

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families separate from them.