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The Senate permitting reform bill includes language that would require data center developers to pay electricity costs associated with fueling their data centers and also to be accountable to ratepayers. Above, a rendering of the Jupiter data center campus currently under construction in New Mexico.

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Senate leaders are preparing for possible votes beginning Nov. 9 on the bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, a permitting reform package negotiated with the White House in September.

The bill would shorten timelines for National Environmental Policy Act reviews and legal challenges to new energy infrastructure projects, while requiring data-center developers to pay the electricity costs associated with operating their facilities.

The Senate measure would need to be reconciled with the House-passed SPEED Act before permitting reform legislation could become law.

Construction and energy industry groups are urging lawmakers to pass the…