"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 doesn’t actually require them to regulate.
The bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act, sponsored by Reps. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) and Gabe Evans (R-Colo), passed 417-3 under a fast-track process known as suspension of the rules.
The vote comes at a moment of rising backlash to both artificial intelligence itself and the data centers that power it."
Source: The Hill, 09/17/2026
