HR8033119th CongressWALLET

No Harm Data Centers Act

Sponsored By: Representative Landsman

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Summary

This bill would ensure data centers pay their fair share of electric-system costs while creating rules for rates, penalties, contract transparency, and a fast environmental and health study.

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  • Households and small businesses would be protected from subsidizing data-center-driven upgrades, since retail rates to covered data centers must include full interconnection, reliability, and generation costs.
  • Regulators and utilities would get a new tool: the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission could approve retail rates for facilities with peak demand greater than 50 megawatts, the bill bars cost-shifting, and violations can carry penalties up to $10 million per day.
  • Public officials and communities would gain transparency and research. Predispute nondisclosure clauses tied to data-center construction could not be enforced against public officials, and the Environmental Protection Agency would hire the National Academies to report on noise, pollution, water use, emissions, and e-waste within 180 days.

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2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

New electricity rules for data centers

This bill would give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission sole authority to approve retail electric rates charged to large data centers. It would apply 90 days after enactment to facilities with peak demand over 50 megawatts. Approved rates would have to include the full costs of needed interconnection, transmission and distribution upgrades, reliability-related grid work, and any generating capacity needed for rising data center demand. Utilities would be barred from shifting those specific costs onto other retail customers like households. Violations could bring civil penalties up to $10,000,000 per day. Several utilities and a geographic area are excluded from the new rule.

Ban nondisclosure agreements for officials

This bill would bar courts from enforcing predispute nondisclosure clauses against elected public officials in disputes about building a data center. It would apply to claims filed under Federal, State, or Tribal law on or after enactment. The bill defines these nondisclosure clauses and defines a public official as an elected official at the time the contract was agreed to. It would not override state laws that prevent this section from applying.

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Sponsors & CoSponsors

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Landsman

OH • D

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

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