Donald Trump is coordinating with Senate leader John Thune on a legislative package to reduce power expenses for AI data centers. The proposal follows Trump's stated objective for data center companies to contribute more electricity to the national grid than they consume, a strategy he says could lower overall costs for American households.

The discussions follow the House's 417-3 passage of the Ratepayer Protection Act, HR 9340, which sought to force high-demand users to pay the full incremental cost of grid upgrades. Senator Martin Heinrich blocked the fast-track passage of that legislation in the Senate, arguing the bill did not provide sufficiently strong or enforceable protections for regular ratepayers.