CleanPowerDaily

TODAY'S LEAD: North Carolina legislators are advancing the Ratepayer Protection Act, a sweeping energy bill that would regulate data center power consumption while simultaneously incentivizing fossil fuel generation — a move that could reshape the state's clean energy trajectory just as utilities scramble to meet surging electricity demand. The bill arrives as states nationwide grapple with the collision between data center growth and grid reliability, days after New York passed the nation's fir