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Inside the fight to curb surging electric costs in Data Center Alley

As data centers upend electric grids, the country’s largest transmission operator is facing down a revolt from Northeast state officials.

Here & Now‘s Scott Tong speaks with Grist climate reporting fellow Rebecca Egan McCarthy about what’s really behind rising electric bills.

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