West Virginia Watch
Summary
The West Virginia House approved a priority bill pushed by Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Tuesday that is meant to incentivize the creation of microgrids and data centers in the state.
HB 2014 — dubbed as the Power Generation and Consumption Act — will allow companies seeking to build data centers to create their own, independent energy grids to power them. Through using their own microgrids, proponents for the policy say data centers would be able to operate in West Virginia without overburdening the state’s power and utility infrastructure or raising electricity rates for existing residential and commercial customers.
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