U.S. House Passes Bill to Curb AI Electricity Cost Shifting, Data Center "Behind-the-Meter" Incremental Costs Gradually Implemented

Zhito Finance APP has learned that the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation by an overwhelming vote of 417 to 3 aimed at protecting Americans from bearing the electricity cost of data centers. The bipartisan-supported Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340) passed under Republican leadership's "suspension of the rules" fast-track procedurea process typically used for non-controversial legislation and requiring a two-thirds majority to passand the bill has now been sent to the Senate.