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Could Milwaukee create its own electric utility? Officials explore taking over We Energies infrastructure within city limits

by Paul Kiefer / Wisconsin Watch and Meredith Melland / Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service June 24, 2026June 24, 2026 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

An aerial rendering shows multiple large industrial buildings, roads and ponds spread across a landscaped site surrounded by fields and wooded areas with low clouds.

Data Centers Watch, Economy

Oracle sues Wisconsin regulators as it seeks relief from data center credit requirements

by Paul Kiefer / Wisconsin Watch June 23, 2026June 23, 2026 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

A large yellow and brown building with two smokestacks stands behind electrical equipment and power lines under an overcast sky.

Data Centers Watch, Economy, Environment

Wisconsin power plant could benefit from Trump’s $425 million coal push

by Paul Kiefer / Wisconsin Watch June 4, 2026June 5, 2026 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Power transmission towers and electrical lines stretch across an orange sky.

Data Centers Watch, Economy, Government

Wisconsin lawmakers oppose utility push to pause competition for power line projects

by Paul Kiefer / Wisconsin Watch June 2, 2026June 4, 2026 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

A banner on a chain-link fence reads “Beaver Dam Data Center” and “Building for the Future,” with snow-covered ground behind it and a blurred vehicle passing in front.

Data Centers Watch, Economy, Environment

PSC approves Alliant-Meta data center power deal while criticizing ‘black box’ approach

by Paul Kiefer / Wisconsin Watch May 7, 2026June 12, 2026 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Do solar panels work in cold or cloudy climates?

by Sue Bin Park / Skeptical Science February 23, 2026February 23, 2026 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

People in raised bucket trucks work on utility poles and overhead power lines behind a chain-link fence, with snow on the ground and equipment vehicles parked nearby.

Data Centers Watch, Forward, Government

Data center boom spotlights Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission. Here’s what the agency does.

by Paul Kiefer / Wisconsin Watch February 9, 2026February 16, 2026 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

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Environment, Government

Wisconsin debates how to pay for the power-hungry AI boom

by Kari Lydersen / Canary Media January 30, 2026January 29, 2026 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

A large yellow crane's lifting line is attached to a large concrete wall panel at a construction site with rollers, dirt piles, traffic barrels, and vertical posts behind a fence.

Data center boom follows decades of declining electricity and water use in Wisconsin

by Rich Kremer / WPR January 13, 2026January 12, 2026 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

A person, wearing a shirt that reads "Interfaith … Burnett County … Crew," stands near stacked firewood and pallets beside a green shed, looking across a yard with large wood piles and wheelbarrows.

Firewood banks offer heat, and hope, to rural homes in need

by Bennet Goldstein / Wisconsin Watch January 2, 2026December 31, 2025 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

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Data Centers Watch, Government

As energy-hungry data centers loom, Wisconsin ratepayers owe $1 billion on shuttered power plants

by Tom Kertscher / Wisconsin Watch and Paul Kiefer / Wisconsin Watch December 18, 2025March 2, 2026 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

Solar panels reflect sunlight beside a white metal building with a red roof under a blue sky.

Environment, Government

Wisconsin lawmakers look to break utility grip on community solar

by Kari Lydersen / Canary Media November 26, 2025November 21, 2025 Why you can trust Wisconsin Watch

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