Rep. Riley Introduces Fair Data Act to Shield New York Ratepayers
What's documented Names the bill (the Fair Data Act) and its House sponsor, and documents a specific ratepayer's NYSEG bill rising from $250.13 to $528.57 year over year.
Rep. Josh Riley introduced the federal Fair Data Act to require data center developers and operators to fund their own grid generation, transmission and distribution upgrades rather than pass those costs to ratepayers. The bill follows a statewide one-year moratorium on new AI data centers in New York and local complaints of steep utility bill increases in the Oneonta area, where one resident's monthly NYSEG bill more than doubled year over year.
- Rep. Josh Riley (D-N.Y.) introduced the Fair Data Act, which would require data center developers to fund their own power generation, transmission and distribution upgrades rather than passing costs to ratepayers.
- One Town of Oneonta resident said his NYSEG bill went from $250.13 in October 2025 to $528.57 in July 2026.
- New York has roughly 135 data centers statewide and is now under a one-year moratorium on new AI data center construction.
- Town of Oneonta Supervisor Will Rivera called the rate increases "devastating to our community and the affordability of all New Yorkers."