签署方包括NextEra Energy、Duke Energy、Equinix和Digital Realty,覆盖全美约80%的家庭和企业供电。 但该承诺于3月推出,属自愿性质且无违约处罚,能源价格通常由州监管机构和电力交易商设定,执行面临挑战。
面对公众对人工智能浪潮将提高消费者电费的担忧,导致的反弹,美国最大的公用事业公司和数据中心开发商现在承诺要采取措施。《华尔街日报》报道:https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-pledge-to-limit-ai-driven-electric-bill-increases-attracts-big-utilities-ae408981,近200个组织已签署了唐纳德·特朗普总统的“用户费保护承诺”,旨在保障普通公民免于承担人工智能带来的电费。
根据《华尔街日报》获得的一份名单,预计特朗普将在周四宣布新的签署方,其中包括NextEra Energy、Duke Energy、Equinix 和 Digital Realty。一位不愿透露姓名的白宫官员告诉该刊,已经承诺该承诺的公司现在约占向美国家庭和企业供电总量的80%。
用户费保护承诺(rate protection pledge):/news/889578/data-center-power-pledge-white-house-google-meta-microsoft 于三月推出,包括若干模糊的承诺:https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/03/ratepayer-protection-pledge/,要求人工智能提供商承担培训和运行生成式人工智能模型所需的新基础设施费用。发布时,谷歌、Meta、微软、甲骨文、OpenAI、亚马逊和xAI的领导人均已签署,特朗普在活动中表示,科技公司“需要一些公关帮助”以平息围绕数据中心项目:/ai-artificial-intelligence/902546/data-centers-ai-energy-power-grids-controversy 以及电费上涨:/ai-artificial-intelligence/925426/43-percent-of-americans-blame-data-centers-as-a-major-reason-for-rising-power-bills 的反弹。
现在,能源公司也加入了努力,试图缓解部分公众愤怒,但该承诺迄今并未显著缓解公众和两党关切。一些数据中心项目已被缩减:/ai-artificial-intelligence/943234/kevin-oleary-agrees-to-downsize-massive-utah-data-center 或被阻止:/policy/965110/new-york-ai-data-center-moratorium,以应对公众反弹,美国最大的电网运营商PJM现在预计将在13个州因数据中心需求而增加63亿美元:/news/965837/ais-power-bill-is-here 的额外消费者成本。
执行这一承诺将是一个挑战,因为能源价格通常由国家监管机构和电力交易商设定,而不是联邦政府。此外,该承诺是自愿的,对不遵守者没有任何惩罚,这使得它不过是一个小小的承诺。
In the face of backlash to concerns the AI boom will increase consumer electricity bills, the largest utility companies and data center developers in the US are now promising to do something about it. The Wall Street Journal :https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-pledge-to-limit-ai-driven-electric-bill-increases-attracts-big-utilities-ae408981 reports that nearly 200 organizations have signed President Donald Trump’s “rate payer protection pledge” that’s meant to safeguard average citizens from footing the AI bill.
Trump is expected to announce the new signatories on Thursday, which include NextEra Energy, Duke Energy, Equinix, and Digital Realty, according to a list obtained by The WSJ . An unnamed White House official told the publication that those who have committed to the pledge now account for about 80 percent of all power delivered to homes and businesses across the US.
The rate protection pledge:/news/889578/data-center-power-pledge-white-house-google-meta-microsoft was introduced in March, and includes several vague commitments:https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/03/ratepayer-protection-pledge/ for AI providers to front the costs of new infrastructure required to train and run generative AI models. It was signed by leaders from Google, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, OpenAI, Amazon, and xAI upon announcement, with Trump saying during the event that tech companies “need some PR help” to quell backlash around data center projects:/ai-artificial-intelligence/902546/data-centers-ai-energy-power-grids-controversy and rising electricity rates:/ai-artificial-intelligence/925426/43-percent-of-americans-blame-data-centers-as-a-major-reason-for-rising-power-bills.
Now, energy companies have joined the effort to try and mitigate some of the ire, but the pledge has done little to soothe public and bipartisan concerns so far. Some data center projects have been downsized:/ai-artificial-intelligence/943234/kevin-oleary-agrees-to-downsize-massive-utah-data-center or blocked:/policy/965110/new-york-ai-data-center-moratorium in response to the backlash, and the largest US electrical grid operator PJM is now expected to add $6.3 billion:/news/965837/ais-power-bill-is-here in additional costs for consumers across 13 states due to data center demand.
Enforcing the pledge will be a challenge as energy prices are typically set by state regulators and electricity traders, not the federal government. The pledge is also voluntary and carries no penalty for non-compliance, making this little more than a pinky promise.