“Reclaiming Affordability“ is an op-ed series in partnership between the Independent Women and the Washington Examiner. Each day this week, a policy expert at Independent Women will tackle the top voter concern of this election cycle from a different angle, putting forth realistic solutions to the affordability crisis.

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Virginia is home to the most data centers in the United States, but it has lower electricity rates than blue states. The state’s average cost of electricity is 15.41 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh) — a rate that’s 11% lower than the national average (17.24 c/kWh). An Institute for Energy Research report determined that the number of data centers doesn’t “correlate with current electricity prices.” Nonetheless, Virginians are still experiencing frustrating electricity rate increases. But it’s not the growing number of data centers that deserves the blame. 

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