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December 2025

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January 2026 · November 2025

7 milestones in December 2025

1 approval · 5 groundbreakings · 1 law signed

Newest: , law signed, S.B. 103: Allow alternative rate plans for certain natural gas companies.

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Friday, December 19 2

  1. Law signed

    S.B. 103: Allow alternative rate plans for certain natural gas companies, Ohio

    S.B. 103 was signed.

    legislature.ohio.gov, primary source

  2. Groundbreaking

    Vantage Port Washington Data Center, Port Washington, Wisconsin

    Ceremonial groundbreaking held December 19, 2025

    tmj4.com, local outlet (the day its own sentence names)

Thursday, December 18 1

  1. Groundbreaking

    Vantage Port Washington Data Center, Port Washington, Wisconsin

    Vantage Data Centers broke ground on a $15 billion data center campus in Port Washington on December 18, 2025

    dailyreporter.com, local outlet (the day its own sentence names)

Wednesday, December 17 2

  1. Groundbreaking

    Vantage Port Washington Data Center, Port Washington, Wisconsin

    Groundbreaking held December 17, 2025, with construction beginning on 672 acre site

    biztimes.com, local outlet (the day its own sentence names)

  2. Groundbreaking

    Vantage Port Washington Data Center, Port Washington, Wisconsin

    Vantage Data Centers Lighthouse Campus groundbreaking held December 17, 2025

    ozaukeepress.com, local outlet (the day its own sentence names; filed under Dec 23, 2025)

December 2025, no day given 2

  1. Approval

    Arkansas

    Arkansas Public Service Commission approved in December 2025 special rate contract between Entergy Arkansas and Google

    arkansasonline.com, local outlet (the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Sep 1, 2026)

  2. Groundbreaking

    Vantage Port Washington Data Center, Port Washington, Wisconsin

    Data center campus broke ground in December 2025

    ozaukeepress.com, local outlet (the month its own sentence names; no day is given; filed under Aug 19, 2026)

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Also on the record for December 2025

3 acts dated only by the article that reported them, 7 acts of another kind and 14 lines of background, plans and statements

Not on this page, by the rule at the top: 3 acts dated only by the article that reported them, 7 acts of another kind and 14 lines of background, plans and statements. Each sits on its home record, a project page, a scorecard row on its state, county or city page, a bill page or a laws page, and on each state's own timeline, where every act of the month is listed with the lines under it. The Daily Record lists every row by the day it entered the record.