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A quick overview and some thoughts on some key provisions in Biden's Executive Order (EO) issued today to accelerate AI data centers on federal land 🧵

It's all hands on deck at the Indiana Statehouse for House Bill 1007 at the House Utilities Committee. L to R: our Kerwin Olson, Lindsay Haake, and Ben Inskeep. We will testify in favor of affordable #UtilityBills, asking for a no vote on HB 1007. #INLegis #AffordabilityCrisis

Or Kerwin Olson is testifying on HB 1007 now: everywhere in this bill we’re putting ratepayers on the hook From CAC’s perspective this is nothing but piling #UtilityBills on #Hoosiers. #INLegis

Carey Hamilton Forceful testimony from Kerwin Olson! HB 1007 is about consumers. If you care about energy affordability, you can't support this bill! x.com/cacindiana/sta…

I am thrilled to be speaking on CAC Indiana's webinar on Monday night on the Hidden Costs of Data Centers.📈 I'll share detailed information, data, and insights from Indiana and across the U.S. This is a VERY hot topic, and space is limited, so make sure you sign up today:

Registration link: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Gotta love when a bill is posted for hearing at #inlegis as “amend and vote only” but the “amend” is not available to the public.

#Transparency #INLegis talks about it a lot but so many times fails to walk the walk.

Today on the House floor, Rep. Cherrish Pryor is proposing an amendment to HB 1459 that would disallow utility companies from disconnecting service during the critically warm summer months of the year. #INLegis

Today Rep Carey Hamilton is aiming to amend HB 1459 to eliminate harmful reconnection fees. Consumers would benefit from this policy ☑️ but sadly it failed. #INLegis

GREAT NEWS! With the help of your calls to Senators, SB 497 to create Indiana’s first Newborn Tax Credit passed 47-0! INSenateRepublicans Greg Walker made a great case for why the credits should be included in the final State Budget. Next up: the House!

🚨🚨 Amazon is proposing nearly 500 diesel back-up generators totaling more than 1,300 MW at its data center campus spanning 2 sites in New Carlisle, IN. It would have 3.3 million gallons of diesel storage on site. IN regulators have already approved half of the generators.

“I fail to recognize how forcing customers to pay for project development costs for something that doesn’t exist is somehow addressing affordability,” said our Kerwin Olson. “It’s really egregious, SB 424 does nothing to address affordability problems & in fact exacerbates them.”

Our CAC Indiana updated interactive data center (DC) map is now tracking 28 DC proposals, including: - 11 DCs with anticipated power demand totaling 10,000 MW - 13 DCs with unknown, but likely substantial, planned power demand - 4 DC proposals that were withdrawn / stopped

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Today is the launch of the Indiana Energy Saver Program, a huge opportunity for Hoosiers to save money with energy efficiency investments! This program implements the federal Home Efficiency Rebate and Home Appliance Rebate programs from the IRA. indianaenergysaver.com

There is no greater power than the power of organized people! ⚡️Yesterday, residents mobilized to say NO to the data center proposed in Union Township. Help us continue taking action against this injustice in our backyards at citact.org/data-centers.

Soaring costs of electricity and the worsening impacts of the climate crisis are leading to record high cooling costs for Americans this summer, according to NEADA We can't afford to continue to subsidize Big Tech on our utility bills.

Gee, I wonder which one our lords will choose

Homeowners near the largest data center campus being constructed in Indiana are suddenly having their wells run dry. Concerns are mounting that Amazon's dewatering as part of the construction could be to blame.