PUCO issues safeguard from data center effects on AEP Ohio energy prices

PUCO issues safeguard from data center effects on AEP Ohio energy prices

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Today the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) issued an order directing AEP Ohio to implement measures to protect other customers from potentially being impacted from data center customers’ effects on energy prices. “We continue to implement safeguards to ensure that other customers are not impacted by costs to serve large loads like data centers,” observed PUCO Chair Jenifer French. “Ohio is fully committed to protecting…