Who’s to blame for Ohio’s soaring electric bills? Start with Mike DeWine and Jon Husted

CLEVELAND, Ohio — If you’ve been holding your breath waiting for that electric bill to drop back to something resembling normal, you can exhale — because according to energy experts, it’s not happening anytime soon.

In fact, Ohioans could be stuck with elevated electricity rates through the end of the decade. And the reason why should make every ratepayer in the state furious.

On Friday’s episode of Today in Ohio, host Leila Atassi and cleveland.com editor Courtney Astolfi broke down a damning new analysis from consumer advocacy groups that pulls back the curtain on what’s really driving your monthly bill — and the answer has two words: data centers…

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