House Passes Ratepayer Protection Act on Data Center Power Costs

The U.S. House passed the Ratepayer Protection Act on September 16, 2026, voting 417 to 3 to require state utility regulators to consider standards that make large data center customers pay the full cost of the grid upgrades built to serve them. House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie of Kentucky, Subcommittee on Energy Chairman Bob Latta of Ohio, and Representative Gabe Evans of Colorado, the bill's sponsor, announced the vote. The House had taken up the measure on September 15, 2026…

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