John Hoeven: “American families shouldn’t have to pay higher energy costs if a data center is built in their community.”

This legislation passed the House with almost unanimous support, and we’ll continue working to get Senate Democrats on board with this common-sense legislation.

Instead of passing on higher energy costs to families and small businesses, the Ratepayer Protection Act will help ensure that the data center is responsible for paying for the infrastructure upgrades as well as fixed costs as a result of…

Our legislation would protect consumers from these rate increases resulting from data center construction.

“The bill treats student athletes fairly – whether they’re one of the few who will go pro, or one of the 500,000 other student athletes competing while earning their degree.