Overview
- President Donald Trump said he will issue a 'ONE RULE' executive order this week to create a single federal framework for artificial intelligence, offering no further details.
- Days earlier, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis proposed an 'Artificial Intelligence Bill of Rights' and said his administration will work with the Legislature to advance it.
- DeSantis’ package would prohibit utilities from charging residents more to support hyperscale data centers, bar state and local subsidies, expand local veto power and siting limits, and restrict foreign ownership.
- Debate over data centers’ grid impacts remains unsettled, with PJM’s market monitor citing them as the main driver of recent capacity price spikes while a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report found load growth can depress electricity prices.
- Florida’s PSC recently approved a multi-year Florida Power & Light rate increase affecting roughly 12 million customers, as an American Enterprise Institute commentary urged the state to favor AI innovation over new restrictions.