Data Center Credit Check; Fall Colors Brewing

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Data Center Credit Check; Fall Colors Brewing

Eco-Minute · Tue Jun 16, 2026

Amy Berrio (host)

It's the Eco Minute, powered by Clean Wisconsin, your environmental voice.

Since 1970, I'm Amy Berrio.

Wisconsin's largest power company, WeEnergies, is joining forces with tech companies behind the Port Washington AI Data Center to challenge a recent order from the Public Service Commission.

In April, the commission told WeEnergies that its new data center customers must meet strict credit and collateral requirements to ensure they can cover the cost of all the new power plants being built to meet data center energy demand.

WeEnergies currently has

as five new gas plants, either proposed or under construction.

The longest days of the year are upon us.

Believe it or not, what happens now has a big influence on all those beautiful colors we see in the fall.

Warm weather after the summer solstice means the colors will last longer.

Cool weather, well that means the leaves will finish changing colors earlier.

Right now on the Defender podcast, have we been sold a bill of goods about the benefits of ethanol?

Listen at cleanwisconsin.org or wherever you get your podcasts.

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