The House Passes the Ratepayer Protection Act 417-3, Forcing Data Centers to Cover Their Own Grid Upgrades
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The US House passed legislation requiring large data-center customers to cover the full cost of grid upgrades rather than spreading them across residential ratepayers, by a vote of 417 to 3. The margin is the story: only three representatives voted against, making this one of the least contested AI-adjacent votes of the year. It follows a NYT/Siena poll showing 61% of US voters opposed to new AI data centers.