Lawmakers promote data center rate bill
Fedorchak promoted a bill intended to keep data-center electricity costs from being passed to households.
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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Rep. Julie Fedorchak promoted the Ratepayer Protection Act, which would make data centers cover costs from their power use and grid upgrades. The House passed the bill 417-3, and it is now before the Senate.
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Julie Fedorchak
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Representative who promoted the bill and was described as having pushed it to the House floor.
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South Dakota attorney general pictured at the press conference.
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