McGarvey urges Louisville’s utility to ensure ratepayers don’t bear data center costs

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: July 9, 2026

Words: 391

Last Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Morgan McGarvey of Louisville is urging the city’s investor-owned electric utility to ensure that electricity ratepayers don’t bear the costs of hyperscale data centers, saying he’s opposed to data center construction in the city.

McGarvey in a Thursday letter to John Crockett, the president of Louisville Gas and Electric and Kentucky Utilities, referenced the spike in electricity demand across the country spurred by hyperscale data centers in arguing that working …

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