Electric rates have been on a tear, spiking year over year of late, leading to public outcry and marathon public hearings .

With power-hungry data centers now on the Wyoming horizon — a collective 5.8 to 12.8 gigawatts have already been announced — people can’t help but fear the trend of spiking electrical rates will not only grow but grow on steroids.

Over the weekend, former state senator Anthony Bouchard channeled a lot of those fears and frustrations in one long Facebook post that attracted hundreds of comments.

“The new Casper AI center has the same electricity demand as a million homes,” he wrote. “There are two similar AI centers already being built in Cheyenne, now another is being built. There’s another one in Evanston … they will OWN all Wyoming Electric Companies.

“This

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