TECO submits plan to ensure customers don't pay for data centers

Tampa Electric Company submitted a plan to prevent customer rate hikes due to data center development. Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate blocked a similar national bill.
Tampa Electric Company submitted its plan on Wednesday to make sure customers rates don't rise if a data center shows up in their area. On Capitol Hill, the US Senate blocked a bill on the same day that would have created a national law doing the same thing.
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