Source: Bluegrass Institute
by Joseph Verruni & Travis Fisher
“Kentuckians are right to worry that data centers will drive up their electric bills. When a single facility demands as much power as Owensboro, someone pays for the new plants and wires that serve it. The General Assembly is still arguing over how to make sure that someone isn’t the residential ratepayer. There is a simple answer, and Kentucky law currently forbids it: let large consumers build their own grid.” (07/28/26)