Message from Rob:
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
I voted in support of the House passage of H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, bipartisan legislation that I cosponsored to help protect families and small businesses from higher electricity costs associated with growing data center energy demand.
The legislation would help ensure data centers cover the costs associated with their increased energy demand and necessary infrastructure upgrades rather than passing those costs on to ratepayers. The Ratepayer Protection Act now awaits consideration in the United States Senate.
Data centers are important to Virginia’s economy, our technological leadership, and our national security, but Virginia families and small businesses should not be forced to subsidize the infrastructure needed to serve them. I was proud to cosponsor this legislation to help ensure data centers, not Virginia families and small businesses, cover the cost of the system upgrades needed to meet their energy demands. I urge the Senate to swiftly consider this commonsense legislation and protect American ratepayers.
Watch my remarks on the House Floor here.
Sincerely,
Rob Wittman
Member of Congress, Virginia’s 1st District