The Guardian theguardian.com 2026-07-05 12:00

Bipartisan bill fails to protect US consumers from datacenters’ true costs, critics warn

Experts say Ratepayer Protection Act ‘posing as a consumer protection measure’ and will raise prices on working peopleThe bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act, designed to shield individuals from soaring electricity prices amid the datacenter boom, would fail to meaningfully prote

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