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Colorado regulators weigh Xcel data center rate plan
Original: Colorado utility regulators to decide whether Xcel’s data center tariff proposal protects customers https:// fed.brid.gy
Colorado utility regulators are set to decide whether Xcel Energy's proposed tariff for powering large data centers adequately protects regular customers. The proposal addresses how the costs of serving energy-hungry data centers are allocated, amid concerns that ordinary ratepayers could end up subsidizing the massive electricity demand from the booming data center industry.
Why now: Data centers' growing electricity demand is raising fears about cost shifts onto ordinary utility customers, making Xcel's proposed tariff a live regulatory fight in Colorado.
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- Colorado utility regulators to decide whether Xcel’s data center tariff proposal protects customers https:// fed.brid.gy/r/https://colorado sun.com/2026/10/21/xcel-data-centers-energy-colorado-puc/ · coloradosun.com@web.brid.gy
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