Washington, Sept. 17 -- Congressman Chris Pappas issued the following press release:
Yesterday Congressman Chris Pappas (NH-01) voted to pass the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act. The legislation would protect American families from the costs of energy and grid upgrades required for new data centers by requiring state public utility commissions consider strategies to make data centers pay their own way, instead of passing costs onto consumers.
"It's just common sense: data centers and other large-load consumers shouldn't be given a free pass to hike electric rates or other utility costs in our communities-they should pay their own way," said Congressman Pappas. "This legislation provides state commissions with an easily adoptable frame...