Colorado Rep. Gabe Evans Leads Bipartisan Push to Protect Ratepayers From Data Center Costs
By Nico Portuondo and Amelia Davidson | POLITICO
The vote gives House Republicans a bipartisan win on an issue that has become increasingly politically fraught ahead of the midterm elections.
House lawmakers on Wednesday easily passed the first major legislative action to address the costs of the AI boom, a bill intended to shield Americans from potential energy costs associated with data centers.
The Ratepayer Protection Act, which has become the House GOP’s signature legislation to address the costs of the data center build-out ahead of the midterm elections, was passed in a broad bipartisan vote of 417-3.
“Large load data centers must cover the full costs of any system updates they require, not families or small businesses. We cannot accelerate this gr...