TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Parts of Virginia and Georgia with huge new data centers have not seen spikes in residential electricity rates, Duke Energy Florida told state regulators Monday as they attempt to defend proposed new rates for data centers.
Details: Duke filed testimony with the Public Service Commission in response to Office of Public Counsel criticism that customers could pay more under the proposed new rates.
OPC expert Ron Nelson last month recommended the commission reject the requested rates so the utility can work with groups on a new proposal. But Duke’s experts said Monday that a delay is unnecessary and would leave existing customers at risk.
And the utility disagreed with Nelson that a new approach is needed to deal with data centers and other large load customers using 100 megawatts of electricity or more.
