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House Passes Bill on Data Center Energy Costs
The House passed a bill backed by Gabe Evans and Kathy Castor addressing data-center electricity and grid costs. Coverage centers on whether it can protect ratepayers and how much discretion states retain.
Lead article · Roll Call · CENTERBill aimed at voter anger over data centers passes HouseOUTLETSOUTLETS
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ARTICLESARTICLES
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SPANCOVERAGE SPAN
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The sides
How each side told it
OUTLETS BY LEAN12 RATED · 2 UNRATED
WHO’S NAMED
THE FRAME65% · AVG CRED 81
“Shifting data-center costs to users”
8 MORE CENTER
The New York TimesWED 6:58 PMHouse Passes Bill Taking Aim at Data Center Electricity CostsEvansGood lookCRED 94THE NEW YORK TIMES STORY · ALSO ON THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRERTHE NEW YORK TIMES · ALSO ON THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRERCBS NewsWED 6:56 PMHouse passes bill to shield Americans from data center energy costsEvansGood lookCRED 862 ARTICLES FROM CBS NEWSNBC NewsWED 6:55 PMHouse passes bill to shield consumers from data center price hikes on energyEvansGood lookCRED 86
People · 2 MEMBERS
Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them
Evans and Castor were named together by 3 of 14 outlets. Counted by outlet.
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R · CO-8 · REPRESENTATIVE
Sponsored the House-passed bill, which aims to have large data centers cover the added power and grid costs they create.
VOTED YEA · #312NAMED BY 12 OF 14
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NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
CENTER
▲ MOSTLY GOOD7 OF 8 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly good, 7 of 8 outlets.
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▲ MOSTLY GOOD2 OF 3 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: mostly good, 2 of 3 outlets.
D · FL-14 · REPRESENTATIVE
Co-sponsored the House-passed bill and argued that utility customers should not bear data-center grid-upgrade costs.
VOTED YEA · #312NAMED BY 5 OF 14
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NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: not named.
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▲ MOSTLY GOOD2 OF 3 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly good, 2 of 3 outlets.
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NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
The record
What Congress actually did
FACTS FROM THE HOUSE RECORD AND CONGRESS.GOV, NOT FROM COVERAGE
FACTS FROM THE HOUSE RECORD AND CONGRESS.GOV, NOT FROM COVERAGE
Ratepayer Protection Act
QUESTION · ON MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS, AS AMENDED · H.R. 9340
PASSED417–312 NOT VOTING
280 NEEDED · 2/3
417 YEA · 137 TO SPARE3 NAY
DEMDemocrats206 Y · 3 N · 5 NV206 YEA · 3 NAY · 5 NV
REPRepublicans210 Y · 0 N · 7 NV210 YEA · 0 NAY · 7 NV
INDIndependents1 Y · 0 N · 0 NV1 YEA · 0 NAY · 0 NV
EACH REPRESENTATIVEHOW EACH REPRESENTATIVE VOTED YEA NAY NVNOT VOTING
D + I · 215DEMOCRATS + INDEPENDENTS · 215
R · 217REPUBLICANS · 217
EVANS · YEACASTOR · YEA
THE BILL · H.R. 9340BILL PAGE →
Ratepayer Protection Act
Big data and computing facilities could be required to cover the added power-system upgrades they need. H.R. 9340 has passed the House but is not law.
Gabe EvansR · CO-8 · REPRESENTATIVESPONSOR
- IntroducedJUN 18 · HOUSE
- Passed HouseTHIS STORYSEP 16 · 417–3
- Senate passage
- Signed into law
Timeline · 5 DAYS
When each side picked it up
ARTICLES PER DAY · VOTE WED 6:53 PM
LEFTCENTERRIGHTLEFT: NO COVERAGE YETLEFT: NO COVERAGE YET
When each side picked it up. center: 11 articles, first wed 5:12 pm. right-leaning: 4 articles, first wed 4:29 pm. unrated: 2 articles, first thu 5:55 pm.
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