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Residents urge Kenosha council to press for transparency and oppose tariff shifts tied to proposed data center
Summary
During public comment at the Feb. 2 Kenosha Common Council meeting, residents urged the council to oppose a proposed data center and to demand transparency from city staff and utilities, raising concerns about redacted company filings, nondisclosure agreements and potential taxpayer subsidies.
Residents and community advocates used the public-comment period at the Kenosha Common Council’s Feb. 2 meeting to press city leaders for more transparency and to oppose a proposed data center project and related utility tariff changes.
Nicholas Porock, who identified himself as a candidate for District 9, told the council the WE Energies tariff under consideration would shift most infrastructure costs onto residents. "The discount for the data centers that We Energy is proposing ... will put 75% of the costs to build the infrastructure to the data centers…
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