Trump, AI Companies Sign Ratepayer Protection Pledge at White House Roundtable Meeting

Administration officials met with industry leaders to navigate fast data center development while enhancing the power grid and working to lower energy prices. 

U.S. President Donald Trump shows a proclamation he signed during a roundtable on Ratepayer Protection Pledge as Energy Secretary Chris Wright (L) and Michael Kratsios (R), director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, applaud in the Indian Treaty Room at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus in Washington on March 4, 2026. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images

WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump held a roundtable meeting with artificial intelligence executives at the White House on March 4 for the signing of a ratepayer protection pledge, an initiative to reduce electricity costs.

“This is a historic win for countless American families and will also make our electricity grids stronger and more resilient than ever before,” Trump said during the gathering held in the Indian Treaty Room.