Husted says his bill makes data centers pay their fair share
Jon HustedU.S. senator from Ohio and Senate sponsor
Husted argues that his bill would keep data-center infrastructure costs from being shifted to other electricity customers.
“My bill ensures that large data centers pay their fair share of electricity costs, infrastructure costs that they require, requiring them to own the responsibility for those costs rather than shifting them to other ratepayers.”
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Would Jon Husted's Ratepayer Protection Act protect households from data-center costs?
Jon Husted and the bill's House sponsors say the Ratepayer Protection Act would stop households from paying for infrastructure needed by large data centers. Critics question whether requiring regulators to consider protective standards would deliver that result.
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Husted's office publishes excerpts of his Senate remarks and links the video. Claims about the bill's effectiveness are his advocacy.
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The House-passed text requires consideration of a cost-recovery standard, with deadlines and exceptions for earlier state action. The page also lists legislative actions.
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Husted says large data-center demand should not mean higher bills for households or small businesses.
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Husted urges the Senate to pass the House-approved bill and send it to the president. The bill's text requires states to consider the proposed cost-recovery standard rather than automatically adopt it.
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The proposal being evaluated is the Ratepayer Protection Act. Husted argues for passing it because he says it protects other customers from data-center costs. That supplies a justification for the bill under scrutiny.
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