# 119-hr-7066: SHIELD Act

119-hr-7066, SHIELD Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-7066
- Congress: 119
- Title: SHIELD Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-01-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 14
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-24

## Summary

**Large load facility class** created to make very large electricity users a distinct customer class and require that class to cover grid upgrade costs. It also lets utilities prioritize service for those users if they adopt peak-reduction measures and meet all demand with zero-emission energy generated onsite or procured within the same balancing authority. - Owners/operators of large load facilities: Applies to a single-site facility or aggregated facilities with peak demand over 75 megawatts. To get prioritized service owners must adopt peak-reduction features like energy efficiency, onsite storage, or demand-response and meet all demand with zero-emission energy such as solar, wind, geothermal, hydroelectric, tidal, fission, or fusion. - Electric utilities: Must treat the class as distinct and fully recover from that class all costs for generation, transmission, and distribution upgrades, including local upgrades and costs if a facility later uses less energy or ceases operations than projected. - State regulators and nonregulated utilities: Must begin consideration of these standards within 1 year and complete determinations within 2 years, with exceptions for states that already implemented or are actively considering comparable standards.

## Cosponsors (14)

- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Quigley, Mike [D-IL-5] (D-IL), 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH), 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY), 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Casten, Sean [D-IL-6] (D-IL), 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2026-01-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2] (D-RI), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mullin, Kevin [D-CA-15] (D-CA), 2026-03-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2026-03-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sykes, Emilia Strong [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Houlahan, Chrissy [D-PA-6] (D-PA), 2026-04-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14] (D-IL), 2026-07-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Large facilities pay grid upgrade costs: cost, medium. If enacted, each electric utility serving the designated large load facility class would be required to recover from that class all costs tied to upgrades of generation, transmission, or distribution, including local facilities, made to meet the class's demand. Utilities would be allowed to collect…
- Priority for clean large electricity users: mixed, medium. If enacted, a "large load facility" would be treated as its own class when peak demand exceeds 75 megawatts. Utilities would give priority to interconnection or service requests from those facilities when the owner agrees to both lower peak demand (for example, efficiency, onsite storage, or demand…
- State deadlines and exemption rules: mixed, low. If enacted, each State utility regulator and each nonregulated electric utility would need to start considering the new standards or set a hearing date within 1 year, finish consideration and make a determination within 2 years, and report to the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Senate E…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act
- 119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025
- 119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-7066 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/7066)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-51)
- [119-hr-20: Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-20)
- [119-hr-5390: FAMILY Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5390)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7066 (as of 2026-07-24).