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A major Ohio electric utility is asking state regulators to loosen its reliability standards, with a hearing scheduled for late February.

As of 2024, 525 data centers were located in eight states around the Great Lakes region. That's a fifth of the nation's data centers and hundreds more are planned.

Although state law says the Ohio Power Siting Board should make decisions within 150 days, it often drags much longer, averaging 18 months, the study concluded.

The Community Energy Pilot Program would allow for as many as 1,500 megawatts of small-scale facilities across Ohio, including renewable facilities.

At one point, the state was among the leaders in clean energy policy, but there’s been a retrenchment in those efforts and renewed investment in fossil fuels.

In 2023, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio said it would allow Columbia Gas to increase its fixed rate charges from about $36 to $58 by 2027.

Opponents of Oak Run Solar in Madison County argued in front of the Ohio Supreme Court that the Ohio Power Siting Board accepted an incomplete application.

About $40 billion have been and will be invested in data centers around the state through 2030, according to a study released Thursday.

An Ohio lawmaker wants to reintroduce an electricity peak demand program for small commercial and residential consumers.