The Ratepayer Protection Act passed the House this week by an overwhelming 417-3 vote. The legislation would require state utility regulators to consider standards that ensure large data centers cover the additional generation, transmission, and distribution infrastructure costs needed to serve them, rather than shifting those costs onto existing customers. But when Sen. Jon Husted (R-O.H.) sought to pass the legislation by unanimous consent in the Senate, Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) objected.  Power The Future Founder and Executive Director Daniel Turner criticized the setback. “When 417 members of the House can agree on something, it should be a no-brainer, but…

President Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin just delivered another major win for affordable, reliable American energy. The administration has repealed most of a Biden-era rule targeting coal and natural gas power plants, the very plants Americans depend on when electricity demand is highest. The Hill reports that EPA estimates the move will save $310 billion. Biden’s rule made it far more expensive to keep many coal plants running and effectively pushed some toward closure. At the same time, electricity demand is exploding as more factories, data centers and homes need power. That is a terrible combination: shut down dependable power plants…

In Canadian publication The Globe and Mail, two leftist columnists have helpfully stripped away the pretense surrounding the anti-data-center movement. Their villain is Colossus, Elon Musk’s xAI project in Memphis, which they portray as some dystopian monument to excess because it was built quickly to meet a need. Colossus is what American ambition is supposed to look like: build fast, solve the engineering problem, secure the power and compete to win. Yet the China-linked left hates it. This is exactly what Power The Future documented in Manufactured Outrage. The same activist class that spent decades trying to shut down pipelines, coal plants and natural…

President Trump is warning that efforts to slow artificial intelligence and the data centers that power it could carry major consequences for America’s technological competition with China. In comments and social media posts this week, Trump argued that the United States cannot afford to fall behind in the AI race, declaring, “Whoever wins AI wins.” His remarks come amid a growing national debate over AI development, regulation and the massive infrastructure buildout needed to support it. That debate should also include scrutiny of the organized campaigns working to block data center development across the country. “This isn’t a debate about whether communities…

America is using more electricity than ever, and the trend isn’t slowing down. The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s latest forecast projects electricity generation will climb 2.2 percent to a record 4,368 billion kilowatt-hours in 2026 before growing another 1.7 percent next year. The increase is being driven in part by data centers and expanding manufacturing. The question is whether the grid can keep up. The Department of Energy has already warned that additional transmission infrastructure is needed to accommodate growing demand from data centers, manufacturing and other large industrial loads. DOE says grid operators nationwide are planning major transmission investments as they…

America’s oil production boom transformed the global energy landscape. Now, a new U.S.-Venezuela oil agreement could become another significant piece of America’s long-term energy strategy. Just The News reports, “The Trump administration’s recently secured deal with Venezuela that gives the U.S. majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of proven oil reserves in the South American country also has the potential to replace at least some of the United States’ oil coming from shale, with that well-drilling technology facing a decline.  The reserves will add to the roughly 46 billion barrels of proven U.S. territorial reserves America currently has under its control.”…

Congressman August Pfluger (R-TX) is throwing his support behind Rep. Harriet Hageman’s (R-WY) fight to protect American energy producers from costly climate lawsuits. In a new op-ed, Pfluger makes the case for Hageman’s Stop Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026, which he has co-sponsored to prevent states from using climate lawsuits and so-called “superfund” laws to punish energy companies for conduct that was legal and regulated at the time. Hageman introduced the legislation to end a growing patchwork of state-level climate liability schemes and reaffirm federal authority over national energy policy. Pfluger’s op-ed underscores exactly why that effort is needed. As Pfluger explains,…

Last week, the X’s Safety team uncovered a massive bot farm of roughly 200,000 suspected Chinese inauthentic accounts involved in influence operations. Among them were hundreds of accounts pushing messages aimed at the American debate over AI and energy. This included claims that data centers are driving up household electricity prices and straining the power grid. Some even circulated AI-generated cartoons portraying data-center operators as getting rich at American families’ expense. The findings add another layer to what Power The Future has already documented. In our report, Manufactured Outrage: How National Environmental Activists Are Spending Millions to Elect Democrats, Block Data Centers, and…

Just when we thought California had run out of things to regulate, state officials have found a new target: the tires on your car. The California Energy Commission has approved the nation’s first efficiency standards for replacement tires sold for passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks. Beginning in 2029, replacement tires sold in the state must meet new government requirements claiming more energy efficiency. For California drivers, this means yet another layer of government mandates affecting the products they can buy. Tires are not one-size-fits-all. Drivers choose them based on price, durability, weather, and vehicle type. Yet California is moving forward…