States are turning AI power demand into a fight over who pays for clean generation.
AP reports that New York is considering renewable-energy benchmarks for large data centers, while Michigan, Minnesota, and Oregon have enacted measures linking data-center growth or tax benefits to clean-energy and emissions requirements.
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The rules vary widely, and long-term renewable targets do not solve near-term interconnection, transmission, reliability, or cost-allocation problems. AI demand is also supporting new gas construction and delayed coal retirements.
Whether New York's bill becomes law, implementation rules in the three states, utility cost allocation, new generation and transmission timelines, and changes in data-center siting decisions.
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