A bill to repeal new sales tax subsidies for data center equipment advanced out of the Georgia state Senate on Friday, while critics say a portion of the bill does not protect customers from rising utility costs associated with data centers’ high energy demand.
This comes after Georgians voted in two Democrats last year to the Georgia Public Service Commission, which regulates utilities in the state, as rising energy bills became a key concern.
“We had a poll with the PSC election, and that poll said people want to make sure that utility rates were going to go down,” said Senate Minority Leader Harold Jones II after the vote.
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