Oregon implementing new law raising power rates on data centers

News Clip2:20Good Morning America·OR·7/9/2026

Oregon is enacting a new law that will increase electricity rates for data centers by nearly 30%. Concurrently, the law aims to decrease residential power rates by more than 1%.

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