WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Tom Cotton issued the following press release:
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today announced support for Senator Jon Husted's (R-Ohio) Ratepayer Protection Act, which would lower energy prices for Arkansans by proposing standards for state regulators to enforce when connecting data centers to the grid. The bill would codify key elements of President Trump's Ratepayer Protection Pledge by ensuring that data centers, not families or small businesses, pay for power generation and other infrastructure needed to serve their facilities.
"Whether it's the cure to cancer or help for their small business, Arkansans understand the great potential of data centers and American AI innovation but are also rightfully conce...