Note: Single-source report; awaiting corroboration.
President Donald J. Trump has expanded the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, adding more than 200 utilities, data center developers, cooperatives, and states to the initiative. The pledge aims to ensure that the growth of data centers supporting America's AI expansion does not increase electricity bills for American households and businesses. Under this agreement, data center operators are responsible for funding the electricity generation and infrastructure costs related to their projects instead of passing those costs to ratepayers.
The Ratepayer Protection Pledge builds on earlier commitments from major tech companies and now covers 80% of all power delivered to U.S. homes and businesses, protecting about 263 million Americans living near data center developments. The pledge has contributed to projected or realized customer savings in several states. In Michigan, agreements between DTE Energy and companies such as Google and Oracle are expected to yield billions in savings, with tech companies covering their energy and capacity expenses. Indiana's NiSource has arrangements with Amazon and Alphabet to return at least $1.4 billion to customers over 15 years. In Georgia, Southern Company is implementing a base rate freeze through 2029 and delivering over $1.7 billion in savings to customers, while Mississippi's Entergy agreement with Amazon is generating about $2 billion in customer benefits, including full cost coverage for new transmission and related expenses.
Similarly, Wisconsin’s Alliant Energy has partnered with data center developers like QTS to ensure full coverage of energy and infrastructure costs, along with a five-year rate freeze. Entergy’s deal with Meta in Louisiana covers 100% of costs for connections to the Richland Parish data center. In Texas, Crusoe is operating its 900-megawatt Abilene data center campus entirely with self-generated on-site natural gas and battery storage.
The expanded pledge leverages private-sector partnerships to deliver price relief to Americans while supporting U.S. leadership in AI and advanced computing, without shifting costs to working families.