Release: Ratepayer Protection Act Advances from House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Jul 21, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Bob Latta (OH-05), Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, and Congressman Gabe Evans (CO-08), applauded the Committee's passage of H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, by a vote of 52-0. The legislation would require state public utility commissions to consider a strategy to make data centers pay their own way, instead of passing costs onto American consumers...Read the full press release here.