Sheldon Whitehouse: “It is just as wrong as it can be to have made that choice.”

We introduced the Disaster Relief Fairness Act in July, which would require the federal government to approve disaster aid when a state meets FEMA’s criteria for assistance.

“must pay for any network upgrades needed to serve their big demand, so ratepayers don’t bear the cost burden of added infrastructure.”

We need more clarity on that, and when we have more clarity on that they’ll be back-and-forth to try to resolve those issues.

If we can pass this bill, we will flood the grid with clean, affordable energy and make data centers start paying their fair share.