Evergy Offers Data Center Pricing Surge Reassurance Amid Trending Customer Fear

This might be a nice gesture or just good PR power play . . . Sadly, just like a Godzilla attack, we won't really know until it's too late . . . Check-it: 

"Evergy customers received an email Monday about the company’s approach to data centers — including extra fees and other measures the company says are designed to protect ordinary customers from paying more. But there’s more to the story than what’s on that page.

"The debate over data centers has already played out locally. In Independence, the city council approved tax incentives for the Nebius data center project. Voters later ousted two council members and recalled another over their support for the incentives . . .

"The rules Evergy outlined in its email apply to what the company calls “large load customers” — not data centers specifically. Under the new tariffs, any customer with a peak electric demand of more than 75 megawatts qualifies, whether that’s a data center, a large manufacturing plant or a logistics and distribution center."

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