Sens. Rick Scott, Roger Marshall Introduce Resolution Supporting Pres. Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, Senator Rick Scott, joined by Senator Roger Marshall, introduced a concurrent resolution supporting President Trump's Ratepayer Protection Pledge, where major tech companies pledged to pay for the electricity and grid infrastructure required for their data centers, so those costs aren't passed onto the hardworking Americans who live nearby.

Senator Rick Scott said, "Big Data centers are already putting a substantial financial burden on American families, who are still struggling with the negative impact of four years of Democrats' tax-and-spend, inflation-causing policies. That burden is only projected to grow as more and more of these data centers pop up in communities across the country. Florida families - and families across the nation - shouldn't be supporting Big Tech companies' expansions with their electricity bills. President Trump was right to get these companies to commit to footing their own bill, and this resolution supports him as he continues his fight for affordability for American families."

Senator Roger Marshall said, "The Ratepayer Protection Pledge Resolution affirms a basic idea: that Kansans shouldn't have to pay higher utility bills so that big tech companies can power their data centers. I've heard from Kansans who are concerned that infrastructure costs for data centers could be pushed onto households, small businesses, schools, hospitals, and farms across the state. Kansans work hard for their money, and they should not need to worry that their utility rates will rise thanks to the growth of data centers."

The Pledge and supporting resolution highlight the following:

• The Department of Energy projects that data centers could consume up to 12% of U.S. total energy consumption by 2028;
• Currently, the cost of building, upgrading, and maintaining the energy infrastructure required by these new data centers is spread across all ratepayers in the community, meaning households and small businesses are subsidizing some of the richest companies in history;
• This cost is compounded by data centers tending to cluster together geographically, meaning those communities carry the biggest financial cost; and
• President Trump's pledge resulted in Big Tech companies committing to negotiating separate rate structures so communities don't carry the cost of their expansion, and it created an incentive that those Big Tech companies would help provide energy to the communities in case of an emergency.

The Pledge was signed by major tech companies, at the President's urging, on March 4, 2026. This resolution applauds the Pledge as sound policy and urges more tech companies to follow suit.

Read the resolution HERE.

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