Data centers could soon pay full cost of power infrastructure, TVA CEO says
Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Mike Skaggs, right, says TVA may require data centers to pay their full costs of energy and transmission. He speaks with former New Jersey Gov. Christine Whitman, left, at the Watts Bar Nuclear Plant near Spring City, Tenn., in this photo from 2015. (Mark Zaleski/AP Photo file)
Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Mike Skaggs said the change would, in his opinion, put TVA ahead of other utilities in the country in charging data centers for their costs.
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Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise reporter who focuses on government and politics. He began his career at the Tulsa World where he covered business and K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on the intersection of government, public policy, influence and how public dollars are spent.
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