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  "id": 7914627,
  "title": "House Passes Bill Taking Aim at Data Center Electricity Costs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/house-passes-bill-taking-aim-at-data-center-electricity-costs-7914627",
  "topic": "tech",
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  "published": "2026-09-16T22:58:20.000Z",
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  "summary": "The measure would direct state regulators to consider rules requiring data centers to cover higher energy costs, but it would not compel them to do so.",
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        "outlet": "The Hill",
        "title": "House approves bill aimed at putting data center electricity costs on tech companies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/house-approves-bill-aimed-at-putting-data-center-electricity-costs-on",
        "published": "2026-09-16T22:56:58.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The New York Times",
        "title": "House Passes Bill Taking Aim at Data Center Electricity Costs",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/house-passes-bill-taking-aim-at-data-center-electricity-costs",
        "published": "2026-09-16T22:58:19.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Investing.com",
        "title": "US House advances first bill addressing economic impacts of data center boom",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/us-house-advances-first-bill-addressing-economic-impacts-of-data",
        "published": "2026-09-16T23:09:50.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "The US House advances the Ratepayer Protection Act, aimed at preventing data center-related utility costs from being passed on to consumers, by a vote of 417-3 (Justin Papp/CNBC)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/the-us-house-advances-the-ratepayer-protection-act-aimed-at",
        "published": "2026-09-16T23:30:27.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}