Washington, D.C. — After passing the U.S. House of Representatives with overwhelming bipartisan support, the Ratepayer Protection Act hit a roadblock in the U.S. Senate when Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) objected to a request for immediate passage. Having cleared the House by a 417-3 vote, the bill would direct state utility regulators to consider standards designed to ensure large data centers bear the costs of new electricity rather than shifting those costs onto existing customers. Heinrich objected to fast passage of the bill.
"When 417 members of the House can agree on something, it should be a no-brainer, but apparently that's asking too much for extreme eco-leftists who are standing in the way of common sense again," said Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director of Power The Future. "American families want results, but instead eco-leftists want to campaign on an issue rather than fix it. It makes all their purported concern about affordability issues ring hollow, and exposes them as more interested in electoral politics than meaningful results."
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