Follow the Lobby Money — Part One

America’s data-center expansion is also a political fight over who pays for the power infrastructure behind it. Part One of Techstrong’s Follow the Lobby Money investigation examines federal lobbying around the Ratepayer Protection Act and the competing interests of technology companies, utilities, manufacturers and energy suppliers.

The report follows the disclosure records and coalition dynamics behind the legislation, distinguishing political promises from the protections the bill would actually require. It sets out the questions that matter for households and businesses as the cost of new generation, transmission and distribution moves through the grid.