Can a carbon price lower power bills? Virginia is betting yes.

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By Jake BittleMay 1, 2026, 4:15 am119 ptsTrending
Abigail Spanberger won a landslide victory in the Virginia governor’s race last November with a platform that focused on reining in rising electricity costs. Virginia is home to the world’s largest concentration of artificial-intelligence data centers, and the state’s biggest utility is straining to meet…

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