Cost-causer-payer push: federal GRID Savings Act and state data center tariff rules emerge

Sen. Heinrich introduced the GRID Savings Act to ensure large electricity users (data centers) pay for grid upgrades they necessitate. Separately, Ohio and Virginia have implemented new tariff rules for data centers—Ohio's tariff requires data centers to pay incremental grid costs, Virginia created a new rate class. This reinforces the cost-causer-payer trend at both federal and state levels, influencing resilience program cost allocation.