There are growing concerns from homeowners across the nation involving data centers. Some fear they could be on the hook to absorb utility costs from hyperscale data centers.
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The House will vote on a bipartisan bill on Tuesday designed to get tech companies to pay for the infrastructure and energy required to construct data centers. The vote comes as data centers have become one of the most heated issues in the 2026 midterm elections.
The Ratepayer Protection Act, backed by Rep. Gabe Evans and a broad bipartisan coalition, would require large data centers (100 MW+ peak demand) to cover the full costs of new electricity generation and grid upgrades, shielding households from subsidizing AI infrastructure.
Electricity bills are only part of a backlash that has spread across the country, fueled by concerns over water consumption, pollution, noise and lucrative tax breaks offered to wealthy technology companies.
UPDATE: 6 p.m. NORTH DAKOTA (KXNET) — The bill has passed the House by a 417-3 vote and now advances to the U.S. Senate. ORIGINAL: 2:20 p.m. NORTH DAKOTA (KXNET) — A bipartisan bill aimed at preventing North Dakota families and small businesses from taking on electricity costs tied to new data cente…
The House passed the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act on Wednesday, marking Congress' most significant step yet to shield consumers from the soaring infrastructure costs of the AI boom . Why it matters: Washington is facing growing pressure to put guardrails around AI's rapid expansion, from the …
The House on Tuesday passed a bill aimed at shielding Americans from increased electricity costs associated with data centers. The bill requires states to consider taking up standards that would force tech companies to shoulder the electricity cost increases associated with large data centers but do…
The Ratepayer Protection Act passed the House with bipartisan support, aiming to stop data center energy costs from raising electric bills for families.
The House passed a bipartisan effort to shield taxpayers from covering the costs of massive data centers that require upgrades to the electrical grid, addressing an issue that has become a major concern ahead of the midterm elections.
The US House of Representatives approved legislation Wednesday aimed at making data centers shoulder more of their own electricity costs, as the power-hungry engines of America's AI boom become a major issue in November's midterm elections.
The House passed legislation Tuesday aimed at fighting rising electricity costs caused by data centers as the midterm elections loom. The bill passed 417-3 with all opposing […]
A 417-3 House vote sends a ratepayer-protection bill to the Senate, but regulators would only have to consider making data centers pay their full power costs
The House of Representatives passed a bipartisan bill that would require data centers to cover the cost of grid and energy upgrades, an effort to shield households from rising energy prices and allay rising fears among voters about the industry.
(The Center Square) – The U.S. House nearly unanimously passed a bill Wednesday night aimed at shielding ordinary Americans from electricity price hikes caused by data centers.
The House has approved a bill that aims to have artificial intelligence data centers pay for their substantial energy needs. Lawmakers are using what's expected to be their final day in Washington before the midterm elections to address a growing voter concern.
The bill would direct state utility regulators to consider adopting federal rules requiring data centers to cover any higher costs associated with their large-scale power use.
The House successfully passed its first major legislation on artificial intelligence to ensure big tech pays for its energy usage, rather than passing costs onto the American consumer. The Ratepayer Protection Act passed with overwhelming bipartisan support Wednesday night by a vote of 417-3.
The House voted 417-3 this week to pass the Ratepayer Protection Act, the first major bill on how data centers behind the AI boom affect utility customers' bills to make it through Congress. Squad member Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) was one of only three Democrats to oppose the bill.
The legislation would require state utility regulators to consider a standard by which utilities charge data centers for the full cost of the new power and transmission upgrades needed to serve them. The bill passed by a vote of 417-3.
Taking up a debate well-worn around these parts, the U.S. House overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday that aims to have artificial intelligence data centers pay for their own substantial energy needs.
One Senate Democrat scuttled a Republican-led effort to pass legislation aimed at shielding Americans from energy costs attributed to data centers, saying it didn't go far enough.
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