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PSC ruling requires data centers to cover costs of new We Energies power generation

State utility regulators rejected a proposal that would have required ratepayers to share the cost of new power plants built for data centers.  Data centers in We Energies’ coverage area will instead be expected to pay the whole cost of new “bespoke” power generation built to serve the energy-guzzling facilities, the Public Service Commission decided Friday.

Rewind: Your week in review for April 24

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss GOP businessman and attorney Paul Wassgren dropping his 7th CD bid, ad buys in congressional races, oral arguments before the state Supreme Court on access to data on voters deemed incompetent and more.

Rewind: Your week in review for April 17

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ special session on partisan gerrymandering, a hearing on a Department of Public Instruction conference at a water park, the latest developments in the races for control of the state Senate and Assembly, congressional campaign fundraising and more.

Rewind: Your week in review for April 24

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss GOP businessman and attorney Paul Wassgren dropping his 7th CD bid, ad buys in congressional races, oral arguments before the state

Rewind: Your week in review for April 17

On this week’s episode of “Rewind,” WisPolitics.com’s JR Ross and Wisconsin Public Radio Capitol Reporter Anya van Wagtendonk discuss Gov. Tony Evers’ special session on partisan gerrymandering, a hearing on a Department of Public Instruction conference at a water park,