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Elizabeth Warren: “Private equity is trying to buy up the utility companies…”

Featuring: Elizabeth Warren, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Massachusetts

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Private Equity is Going After Your Utilities.

Published | Video Starts at 01:34

So so much energy that our grid isn't ready. So as AI scales up, it will require upgrades to our electrical grid. Really expensive upgrades. Private equity is trying to buy up the utility companies that will be responsible for making those upgrades [to the electrical grid]. Why? Because they want to own utilities so they can push the cost of upgrading the grid for those data centers onto you, the consumer. (01:34–01:42)

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Asserts that private equity is attempting to purchase utility companies responsible for grid upgrades.

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