The Senate on Wednesday blocked legislation requiring state utility regulators ​to consider whether large electricity users, including data centers, should bear the incremental costs of power infrastructure.

Senate Democrats blocked a House-passed bill to protect consumers from data center-driven electricity rate increases on Wednesday, arguing it was "toothless" and that Republicans have alread

Senate Democrats are poised to block a House-passed bill asking local utility regulators to consider forcing data centers to pay for any electricity cost increases they incur.