House passes Gabe Evans’ bill aiming to prevent data centers from driving up electricity costs
The House on Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans, a Fort Lupton Republican, designed to make large-scale data centers shoulder the burden of increased electrical power infrastructure in a nearly unanimous vote. The Ratepayer Protection Act would require state utilities regulators to consider adopting federal standards that force new data centers […]
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