Washington, Sept. 16 -- Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick issued the following press release:
After months of pushing for stronger protections around rapidly expanding data center development, Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) marked a major bipartisan breakthrough in that effort as the House passed the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340) by an overwhelming 417-3 vote.
The legislation, cosponsored by Fitzpatrick, would help ensure that the extraordinary energy infrastructure costs driven by large-scale data center development are borne by the companies creating that demand-not shifted onto families and small businesses through higher utility bills.
The Ratepayer Protection Act would require state public utility commissions to consider s...