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CA Adopts Less Stringent Wildfire Protection Rules The California Board of Forestry and Fire Protection (BOF) approved regulations designed to protect homes from wildfires. The new rules are less stringent...
Wearable Recording Device Privacy Bill Nears Passage in CA A fast-moving bill ( SB 1130 ) in California would make it a misdemeanor to use a wearable recording device to capture sound or video of another...
Private Equity Healthcare Deals Down in 2026 The number of healthcare deals in the second quarter of 2026 involving private equity was down 18.5% from the same period last year, according to a report...
Less than a decade after Vermont became the first state to enact a data-broker registration law, states are beginning to demand more from data brokers than basic registration and disclosure. In 2023, California...
PA Lawmakers to Target Flock License Plate Cameras A bipartisan group of Pennsylvania lawmakers plans to introduce legislation that would set oversight and privacy safeguards for automated license plate...
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Power costs for millions of households and businesses in 13 eastern states and the District of Columbia will increase by $6.3 billion within the next three years, according to the results of an electricity auction held by PJM, the largest electrical grid operator in the country. PJM conducts the auction each year to determine the prices power companies will accept for the electricity they supply at times of peak demand. Those prices are factored into the rates charged to the grid’s customers. In a statement, PJM said that “electricity demand is growing faster than new generation can be built to supply it” and that the “primary driver of that growth is data centers.” (NEW YORK TIMES)
Legislation aimed at pausing construction of data centers has been introduced in 14 states. None of those measures have been passed yet. But last week New York became the first state to impose a statewide moratorium on new “hyperscale” data centers through an executive order signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul (D). Other states have also enacted laws eliminating tax incentives for data centers or requiring them to report their energy and water usage. (PLURIBUS NEWS, NEW YORK GOVERNOR’S OFFICE)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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