Work to pass the Ratepayer Protection Act to require data centers to pay the full utility costs needed to serve them and prevent rate hikes for local ratepayers.

Pete Ricketts · Nebraska · Republican

policy impact 0.61 specificity 0.82 extraction confidence 88%

Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Work to pass and support the Ratepayer Protection Act.. Promised outcome: Protect Nebraskans' wallets by preventing ratepayers from paying data center utility costs or facing rate hikes caused by data center development.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. U.S. Senate press release announcing Ricketts's support and cosponsorship of the Ratepayer Protection Act during his Senate term.

Occurrences

“Senate Republicans know this and are pushing a bill that passed the House nearly unanimously to protect ratepayers. I am working to protect Nebraskans’ wallets while Democrats blocked this commonsense legislation.” The Ratepayer Protection Act would require data centers to pay the full utility cost needed to serve them. It would prevent rate hikes for ratepayers in communities where data centers are developing.

Ricketts committed to working to protect Nebraskans' wallets by supporting the Ratepayer Protection Act, which would make data centers pay their full utility costs and prevent related rate hikes.

Ricketts Supports Ratepayer Protection Act - Senator Pete Ricketts
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Evidence

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Senator Ricketts is a cosponsor of this legislation introduced by Senator Jon Husted (R-OH).

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Ricketts publicly backed the Senate Ratepayer Protection Act and identified himself as a cosponsor during the lookback window.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Ricketts Supports Ratepayer Protection Act - Senator Pete Ricketts
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

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The Ratepayer Protection Act would require data centers to pay the full utility cost needed to serve them.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The official Ricketts release ties the bill to the promised policy: making data centers pay utility costs and preventing ratepayer hikes.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Ricketts Supports Ratepayer Protection Act - Senator Pete Ricketts
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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recover from the large-load customer the full, incremental cost of any generation, transmission, or distribution upgrade

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The House-passed bill text contains the core cost-recovery standard relevant to the promise, but it was only engrossed in the House, not enacted.

unresolved same_term

H.R. 9340 Engrossed in House - Ratepayer Protection Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%

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312 | 16-Sep | H R 9340 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | P | Ratepayer Protection Act

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The House passed H.R. 9340 on September 16, 2026, a concrete step toward enactment but not final delivery.

unresolved same_term

U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call Votes
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%

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Leader Thune filed cloture on the motion to proceed to Cal. #684, H.R.9340, Ratepayer Protection Act.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Senate leadership sought cloture on taking up the House-passed Ratepayer Protection Act, showing the bill remained in Senate process rather than enacted.

unresolved same_term

Floor Logs Archive - United States Senate Periodical Press Gallery
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

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Motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to Cal. #684, H.R.9340, Ratepayer Protection Act

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): As of the latest schedule found for September 30, the Senate had a procedural cloture vote scheduled, indicating the legislation was still unresolved.

unresolved same_term

Schedule for Wednesday, September 30, 2026
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 85%

Assessments

Public state: pending As of 2026-09-30 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. unknown A for effort

The verified commitment was to work to pass/support the Ratepayer Protection Act and achieve its ratepayer-protection policy. Verified evidence shows Ricketts was a cosponsor, which supports material effort, and verified bill text matches the promised cost-recovery policy. However, the verified evidence does not show the Act was enacted or that the promised ratepayer protection outcome took effect by 2026-09-30. With no documented expired deadline, this remains unresolved rather than never or partial.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 91%