,,iii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #cj  ,,in ,,the       
,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states   
,march #be1 #bjbf,mr4 ,scott of ,florida
 7for himself and ,mr4 ,marshall7       
submitted the following concurrent      
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,energy and ,natural      
,resources  ,,concurrent ,,resolution   
,expressing the sense of ,congress that 
the ,ratepayer ,protection ,pledge      
announced on ,march #d1 #bjbf1 reflects 
sound national policy to protect        
ratepayers in the ,united ,states1      
promote electricity affordability1 and  
ensure that all people of the ,united   
,states1 including households1 small    
businesses1 schools1 hospitals1 and     
farms1 have access to reliable and      
affordable energy as artificial         
intelligence and data center            
infrastructure expands across the       
,united ,states4  ,whereas data centers 
consumed approximately #ahc             
terawatt-hours of electricity in the    

,united ,states in #bjbd1 which is more 
than #d percent of total national       
electricity consumption in the ,united  
,states2 ,whereas the ,department of    
,energy projects that the share of total
 national electricity consumption in the
 ,united ,states that is consumed by    
data centers could reach up to #ab      
percent by #bjbh as artificial          
intelligence workloads require          
continuously operating1 high power      
density computing infrastructure at     
unprecedented scale2 ,whereas1 under the
 traditional utility regulatory model1  
the costs of building1 upgrading1 and   
maintaining the transmission and        
distribution infrastructure required to 
service new large industrial loads are  
socialized across all ratepayers through
 rate proceedings1 meaning that         
households and small businesses in the  
,united ,states effectively subsidize   
the electricity infrastructure of some  
of the most highly capitalized companies
 in history2 ,whereas1 because data     

centers cluster geographically rather   
than diffuse evenly across the electric 
grid1 the impact of data centers on     
local electricity rates is acute and    
uneven2 and ,whereas1 on ,march #d1     
#bjbf1 ,amazon1 ,google1 ,meta1         
,microsoft1 ,open,a,i1 ,oracle1 and     
x,a,i signed the ,ratepayer ,protection 
,pledge at the ,white ,house1 committing
 to negotiate separate rate structures  
with utilities and ,state governments   
wherever those signatories build data   
centers and to pay those rates for      
generation and delivery infrastructure  
whether or not the signatories consume  
the electricity1 establishing a         
pay-whether-used obligation that1       
alongside protecting ratepayers from    
infrastructure cost-shifting1 creates an
 incentive for the signatories to make  
their backup generation resources       
available to grid operators during      
scarcity events1 thereby enhancing      
reliability for all people of the       
,united ,states3 ,now1 therefore1 be it 

,that-- 7#a7 it is the ,sense of        
,congress that-- 7,a7 the ,ratepayer    
,protection ,pledge announced on ,march 
#d1 #bjbf1 reflects sound national      
policy founded on the principle that the
 people of the ,united ,states should   
not be required to foot the bill for    
private data center energy and          
infrastructure costs2  7,b7 the         
artificial intelligence data center boom
 in the ,united ,states should be       
leveraged to address electricity        
affordability and benefit all households
 and businesses in the ,united ,states2 
and  7,c7 relevant ,federal agencies1   
including the ,department of ,energy and
 the ,federal ,energy ,regulatory       
,commission1 should support and         
facilitate the implementation of the    
commitments made in the ,ratepayer      
,protection ,pledge1 including by       
working with private companies to       
expedite the permitting and             
interconnection of new energy generation
 resources2 and  7#b7 ,congress         

encourages additional artificial        
intelligence companies1 hyperscalers1   
data center operators1 and technology   
firms that have not yet signed the      
,ratepayer ,protection ,pledge to       
voluntarily adopt equivalent commitments
 without delay4