[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2026)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 11439-11440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04645]



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Vol. 91

Monday,

No. 45

March 9, 2026

Part III





The President





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Proclamation 11014--Ratepayer Protection Pledge


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 91 , No. 45 / Monday, March 9, 2026 / 
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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 11014 of March 4, 2026

                
Ratepayer Protection Pledge

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                America's continued economic and technological 
                leadership depends on reliable, large-scale data center 
                infrastructure built in the United States. Data center 
                infrastructure is the foundation of the internet, cloud 
                computing, and artificial intelligence (AI), and it 
                supports our economic and national security. In order 
                to harness the full power of American innovation and 
                ensure that Americans do not become reliant on foreign 
                industries, the development of large-scale data center 
                infrastructure and AI must occur here at home, with 
                American workers and engineers leading the way. Our 
                investments in these industries will also employ 
                Americans across a wide array of professions in a 
                shared endeavor that will bolster our Nation's economic 
                standing for years to come.

                However, as data centers expand their footprint and 
                electricity demand associated with AI increases, 
                American households must be protected against 
                increasing energy costs. The hyperscalers and AI 
                companies that increase electricity demand must pay for 
                the full cost of the energy and infrastructure needed 
                to build and operate data centers, and must not pass 
                this cost on to the American people. Instead, the data 
                center boom should be leveraged to address 
                affordability and benefit all American households and 
                businesses.

                Today, pursuant to the Ratepayer Protection Pledge, 
                leading United States hyperscalers and AI companies 
                guarantee that data centers' energy needs will not 
                increase household electricity costs for American 
                citizens. Instead, these companies will build, bring, 
                or buy the new generation resources and electricity 
                needed to satisfy their energy demands, and pay for all 
                new power delivery infrastructure upgrades to service 
                their data centers. They will voluntarily negotiate 
                new, separate rate structures with their utilities and 
                relevant State governments, and pay those rates, and 
                for their infrastructure, whether they use the 
                electricity or not. They will also invest in local 
                communities and coordinate with grid operators to 
                contribute to a more reliable grid. These measures will 
                ensure that Americans are protected from higher energy 
                prices, benefit from grid upgrades and increased grid 
                resilience, and benefit from this technological boom 
                while the United States continues its global leadership 
                in innovation and advanced technology.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim as follows:

                    (1) The Ratepayer Protection Pledge and the 
                commitments embodied therein effectuate the national 
                policy of the United States.
                    (2) On this day, March 4, 2026, seven leading 
                technology companies have accepted the terms of the 
                Ratepayer Protection Pledge.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourth day of March, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-six, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2026-04645
Filed 3-6-26; 11:15 am]
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