Your Electric Bill Is Higher. Here’s Why It’s More Complicated Than Data Centers.
Oklahomans are opening their electric bills to sticker shock this summer, and the instinct to blame data centers is understandable. But state lawmakers and regulators say the full picture is more complicated.
As Andrea Eger reported, a Tulsa town hall Thursday hosted by Rep. Meloyde Blancett drew constituents frustrated with rising bills and looking for answers. Blancett said she called more than 500 constituents over the summer and kept hearing the same question: what is going on with electricity rates?…