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Havocyesterday at 9:10 PM1 replyview on HN

Think you're missing the point a bit there.

All that generation capacity is great, but you need to get the electrons to the datacenter. And in most jurisdictions the transmission part of the grid is a shared cost. Mostly...there is technically some obligation to pay for upgrades but it doesn't really work.

e.g.

>Over 95% of the projects identified passed all of their transmission connection costs onto local people’s electricity bills

It's a real privatize profits/benefit, socialize losses/costs type setup.

[0] https://www.ucs.org/about/news/billions-dollars-unreported-d...


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oleleleyesterday at 9:58 PM

>It's a real privatize profits/benefit, socialize losses/costs type setup.

Just like all developments since collective ideas went out of fashion...