CASTOR CHAMPIONS PASSAGE OF BIPARTISAN RATEPAYER PROTECTION ACT TO SHIELD NEIGHBORS FROM HIGHER ELECTRIC BILLS TIED TO DATA CENTERS

Washington, Sept. 16 -- Rep. Kathy Castor issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Reps. Kathy Castor (FL-14) and Gabe Evans (CO-08) celebrated the passage of their bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act, which protects American families and small businesses from the costs of energy and grid upgrades required for new hyperscale data centers. The Ratepayer Protection Act requires state utility regulators to establish rules ensuring communities do not pay for the costs of building new power plants, transmission lines and other upgrades to serve data centers. Without proper safeguards, families and small businesses in communities where data center development occurs could see their electric bills skyrocket. The Ratepayer Prote...