Ratepayer bill aimed at data center buildout blocked in Senate
Husted sought to advance the bill and argued that data center companies should pay for the infrastructure supporting their expansion.
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A Senate effort to make data center operators help pay for electric-grid upgrades was blocked after objections from Martin Heinrich and Jon Husted. The dispute centers on whether states should merely consider such requirements or be required to impose them.
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Jon Husted
R · OH · SEN
Senator who sought unanimous consent to advance the data center ratepayer bill
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Martin Heinrich
D · NM · SEN
Senate Energy and Natural Resources ranking member who objected to the House-backed bill and advanced a stricter alternative
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