Ahead of an important vote, D.C.-area lawmakers are urging the operators of the electrical grid that powers the region to protect the power rates that customers pay.

The lawmakers, including D.C. Council member Charles Allen, are calling on PJM Interconnection to adopt a plan called the Protecting Ratepayers Proposal . It’s a bipartisan proposal that, among other things, requires data center owners to provide for their own power, cooling and other infrastructure resources, rather than relying solely on a utility grid.

That’s known in the power business as “bringing its own capacity.”

PJM is the electrical grid operator for Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia, among many other states.

At a news conference Monday, Coun

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