Washington, July 13 -- Congressman Josh Riley issued the following press release:
Today, Congressman Josh Riley (NY-19) and Congressman Jeff Van Drew (NJ-02) introduced the FAIR Data Act, bipartisan legislation to stop data center projects from driving up energy bills for Upstate New York families and small businesses.
Massive data center projects, which demand huge amounts of electricity, are moving ahead across Upstate New York and the country. Serving them requires costly grid upgrades, and under current rules utility companies can pass those costs on to everyday ratepayers instead of the companies driving the demand. In the first half of 2025 alone, utilities across the country requested more than $29 billion in electricity rate incre...