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Indiana regulators approve AES plan to power Google data center

Opposed the transmission cost allocation

Indiana regulators voted unanimously on October 7 to let AES Indiana build solar and battery projects and a 10-mile transmission line for a 390-megawatt Google data center in Monrovia, southwest of Indianapolis. AES puts the cost at $1.3 billion and says Google's 15-year contract covers all of it, saving other customers about $770 million.

Updated Oct 26

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What we're concerned about is a $74 million set of transmission upgrades that AES Indiana identified that it had to make specifically because this Google data center is being added to the grid.

from Indiana regulators approve AES plan to power Google data center · Updated Oct 26

AES Indiana is blatantly misrepresenting its contract with Google. It claims Google will pay 100 percent. But AES's own testimony admits it based Google's rates on only 90 percent (load factor) and that $74 million in network upgrades are being paid by all customers, not Google!

from Indiana regulators approve AES plan to power Google data center · Updated Oct 26