WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Cynthia Lummis issued the following press release:
Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) today introduced (https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/gop-bill-put-data-center-grid-access-federal-oversight-rcna350263) the POWER Up Act, legislation to establish clear, uniform federal rules for how massive electricity users - anything with the load of a city, like a large data center - connect to the interstate electrical transmission grid.
As demand from data centers, advanced manufacturing, and high-power industrial facilities continues to increase, projects drawing hundreds of megawatts or more are increasingly seeking direct access to the high-voltage grid. Today, these connections are handled through a patchwork of proce...