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      "name": "Ebon International Big Sandy cryptomining / data processing complex",
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      "power": "250 MW (225 MW interruptible under demand-response terms)",
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      "investment": "250 million dollars (LPM / Kentucky Public Radio); about 50 million dollars on the facility (Utility Dive, citing Kentucky Power)",
      "jobs": "permanent: Up to 100",
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      "utility": "Kentucky Power (AEP)",
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      "incentives": "Discounted economic-development / demand-response electric rate contract with Kentucky Power (rejected); state crypto sales-tax exemptions available",
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      "date": "2023-08-28",
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          "PSC hearing: Kentucky Power witness concedes capacity shortfall from 2026"
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          "2023-08-28",
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          "2024-11",
          "Kentucky Lantern reports Kentucky Power is asking Franklin Circuit Court to overturn the PSC decision"
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          "2022-08 (contract executed); filed with PSC 2022-10"
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          "date": "2023-08-30"
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      "summary": "Lawrence County · 250 MW · Ebon International",
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