Two windows, one act.
The bipartisan 'Ratepayer Protection Act' hands a thin, optional slip to the homeowner and a fat envelope of fast-track benefits to the data center.
Source article: House subcommittee advances Ratepayer Protection Act as consumer groups call it inadequate.
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- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- energy and resource, computing and information technology, artificial intelligence, government policy, economy, business and finance
- Storylines
- trump-climate-energy-rollbacks
- Primary entities
- Ratepayer Protection Act, U.S. House of Representatives, Food and Water Watch, Center for Biological Diversity, Kathy Castor, Jim Walsh, Camden Weber, Microsoft
- Themes
- data center regulation, electricity rates, consumer protection, AI infrastructure, government regulation
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, Equality & fairness, Truthfulness