WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich issued the following news release:
WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, took to the Senate floor to object to Senate passage of the Ratepayer Protection Act, legislation offered by U.S. Senator Jon Husted (R-Ohio), and pass Heinrich's GRID Savings Act instead.
While the Husted-backed legislation relies on a voluntary framework and fails to adequately protect American families from AI data center-caused increases in energy costs, Heinrich's legislation forces large load customers-like data centers-to pay for the facilities needed to connect them to the grid. Unfortunately, U.S. Senator Bernie Moreno (...