US moves to stop AI data centres from pushing up household electricity bills. Here's what could change for Americans

Oct 12, 2026

As artificial intelligence expands across the US, data centres are consuming more electricity, raising concerns about rising power bills for ordinary Americans. The US House of Representatives is expected to vote on bipartisan legislation, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which aims to make large data centres pay their share of the costs of electricity infrastructure. Here's what the proposed bill could change and what it could mean for household electricity bills.

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