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Abigail Spanberger: “We have two options. We can either sort of walk away from the conversation, in which case, the data center goes to…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2026
We have two options. We can either sort of walk away from the conversation, in which case, the data center goes to Maryland or goes to Pennsylvania, it’s still PJM that is still impacting our costs.
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Abigail Spanberger
Democratic · Virginia

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Discussing regulatory options for data centers.

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