{"id":2638930,"date":"2026-08-01T14:56:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-ai-data-centers-pledge-will-make-power-bills-actually-come-down\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T14:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T18:59:12","slug":"trump-says-ai-data-centers-pledge-will-make-power-bills-actually-come-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-ai-data-centers-pledge-will-make-power-bills-actually-come-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Says AI Data Centers Pledge Will Make Power Bills &#8216;Actually Come Down&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-ai-data-centers-pledge-will-make-power-bills-actually-come-down%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2638930&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump announced an expansion of his voluntary Ratepayer Protection Pledge, which aims to reduce electricity bills for Americans by encouraging data centers and utility companies to cover their own power costs without passing them onto consumers. The pledge, signed by numerous governors, utility firms, and tech giants like Google, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, OpenAI, and amazon, promises to turn data centers into local economic engines and bolster America&#8217;s leadership in artificial intelligence. Though, energy experts warn that residential electricity rates are expected to rise significantly in the coming years, challenging the claim that consumer bills will decrease. The White House emphasizes that this initiative benefits communities and the economy, while some state-level legislation opposing data center-driven rate hikes remains contentious. Major grid operators like PJM have experienced rising capacity prices, indicating ongoing challenges in energy supply and costs amid increased data center expansion.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump promised his data center pledge would lower Americans\u2019 electricity bills.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Trump expanded his voluntary, nonbinding Ratepayer Protection Pledge on Thursday, the Associated Press <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-ai-data-centers-pledge-490ea7e4c7227d5e550b00a0056c33c9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Signed by 23 governors, 55 utility companies and 27 data center companies, the pledge asks tech companies to cover their own power costs, <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/ratepayer-protection-pledge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according <\/a>to the White House\u2019s official Ratepayer Pledge page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cElectricity bills for American families will actually come down,\u201d Trump said, according to the AP. \u201cThey\u2019re going to have a lot of electricity left over, and they\u2019ll put that into the grid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Energy trends complicate that claim. \u201cResidential electricity rates could rise 15% to 40% over the next five years,\u201d the ICF, an energy consulting firm<b><strong class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__textBold\">, <\/strong><\/b><a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icf.com\/insights\/energy\/powering-future-surging-us-electricity-demand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a May 2025 analysis of select U.S. utilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cPresident Trump expanded his Ratepayer Protection Pledge to governors, legislators, developers, and power providers to ensure everyone involved in building and powering data centers covers their own costs instead of passing them on to American families,\u201d White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cThe President\u2019s bold action is turning data centers into engines of growth for local communities, while cementing America\u2019s dominance in the global AI race,\u201d Rogers added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">Among the companies that agreed to Trump\u2019s pledge are Google, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, xAI, OpenAI and Amazon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">The tech industry is fighting state legislation opposed to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >data center-driven price hikes<\/a> in California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cIt is disappointing, but perhaps not surprising, that the same tech companies signing the Ratepayer Protection Pledge are simultaneously opposing efforts at the state level to force them to deliver on their promises,\u201d Matthew Freedman, a staff attorney for the Utility Reform Network told the AP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re here today to continue the incredible progress we\u2019re making in communities nationwide to ensure that as new data centers go up \u2026 electricity bills for American families will actually come down,\u201d Trump said, according to an official White House X <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2080391460747116831?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__paragraph\">PJM, the largest U.S. grid operator that provides energy to 13 states, ignored the White House\u2019s framework of principles signed by all 13 governors encompassing the states its grid supports on Thursday, the AP reported. PJM capacity prices have soared from under $30 to $329 per megawatt-day in the past two years, <a class=\"LexicalEditorTheme__link\" href=\"https:\/\/ieefa.org\/resources\/projected-data-center-growth-spurs-pjm-capacity-prices-factor-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a> to the grid operator\u2019s auction results.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any legitimate news publisher that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter\u2019s byline and their DCNF affiliation. 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