Trump expands ratepayer protection pledge to prevent data center costs hitting households
“They’re going to have a lot of electricity left over. They’ll put that into the grid, so we’ll actually end up with more electricity. The rates are going to go down.”Advertisement Republican governors signed on to the agreement, including Louisiana’s Jeff Landry, Georgia’s Brian Kemp, Nebraska’s Jim Pillen, and Idaho’s Brad Little, who were in attendance at the event.
- ▪“They’re going to have a lot of electricity left over.
- ▪They’ll put that into the grid, so we’ll actually end up with more electricity.
- ▪The rates are going to go down.”Advertisement Republican governors signed on to the agreement, including Louisiana’s Jeff Landry, Georgia’s Brian Kemp, Nebraska’s Jim Pillen, and Idaho’s Brad Little, who were in attendance at the event.
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Republican governors, data center developers, and utilities have signed on to President Donald Trump‘s ratepayer protection pledge, promising to ensure that data centers secure their own energy to prevent households from bearing the cost.The president, along with Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, held a signing event on Thursday at the EPA headquarters to announce that nearly 200 stakeholders have signed on to the pledge.
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