Event Brief
Moody backs bill to shield homes from data center costs
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 25, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET
Summary: U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody signed on as a cosponsor of the Ratepayer Protection Act after the measure cleared the House 417-3. The bill would require standards and financial assurances for large-load data centers so utilities can recover incremental grid upgrade costs, but it stalled in the Senate after Democrats blocked consideration.
WHO: U.S. Sen. Ashley Moody; Sen. John Husted (R-Ohio); Senate Democrats; U.S. House members
WHAT: Moody cosponsors the Ratepayer Protection Act, which would limit how costs from expanding data centers are passed to households; the bill passed the House but stalled in the Senate.
WHEN: Sep 25, 2026 at 12:16 PM ET
WHERE: Florida
WHY: The bill is intended to prevent Americans from being left to pay increased utility costs tied to new data centers.
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