I mean, the reality is you have this much capacity, this much demand. If you double the demand, unless you all of a sudden double the capacity, you are going to see rates go up. So I'm going to sign a bill probably this month which is basically going to say consumers and individual ratepayers are held harmless if there's a data center. So if a data center is going to do a deal with fpnl, FPNL cannot, cannot raise rates on customers because, you know, at the end of the day, costs are the number one issue facing everyday Americans as well as Floridians. (07:47–07:57)
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Asserts he will sign a bill to protect consumers from rate increases due to data centers.
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