# 119-hr-9340: Ratepayer Protection Act

119-hr-9340, Ratepayer Protection Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO); status passed_house; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9340
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ratepayer Protection Act
- Status: passed_house
- Introduced: 2026-06-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO)
- Cosponsors: 42
- Policy area: Energy
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-11-01

## Summary

**Requires large data-center customers to pay for necessary grid upgrades upfront and lets utilities recover those costs.** This bill would create a new federal PURPA standard that forces electric utilities to recover the full incremental cost of any generation, transmission, or distribution upgrade needed to serve certain large information-technology facilities and to require upfront financial assurances from those customers before upgrades proceed. - Large IT-focused customers. Non‑residential data centers that together draw a peak demand of 100 megawatts or more at a single site or campus must provide financial assurances or contributions to cover upgrade costs before utilities upgrade capacity. Cost recovery applies even if the customer later ends a contract or stops purchases. - Electric utilities. Utilities must charge rates that recover the full incremental cost of upgrades needed to serve these large-load customers, creating pricing discipline and a non‑elective financing framework for upgrades. - States and nonregulated utilities. Regulators and nonregulated utilities must begin consideration of the standard within 1 year and complete a determination within 2 years, except where a state already implemented a comparable standard, had an active regulatory proceeding, or its legislature voted on implementation.

## Cosponsors (42)

- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2026-06-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13] (R-PA), 2026-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] (R-TX), 2026-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5] (R-WA), 2026-06-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fuller, Clay [R-GA-14] (R-GA), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1] (R-VA), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-MO-3] (R-MO), 2026-07-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] (R-WY), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGuire, John J. [R-VA-5] (R-VA), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA), 2026-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7] (R-PA), 2026-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2] (D-GA), 2026-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4] (D-VA), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Laurel M. [R-FL-15] (R-FL), 2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28] (D-TX), 2026-08-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] (R-VA), 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8] (D-MI), 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4] (R-CO), 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX), 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crank, Jeff [R-CO-5] (R-CO), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Riley M. [R-WV-2] (R-WV), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA), 2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4] (R-OH), 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA), 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] (R-MI), 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ), 2026-09-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] (D-NH), 2026-09-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4] (R-MI), 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3] (R-CO), 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22] (R-CA), 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7] (R-MI), 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15] (R-TX), 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4] (R-TX), 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1] (R-NE), 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z

## Votes

| Date | Chamber | Question | Result | Yea | Nay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-09-30T12:51:00.000Z | senate | On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 9340 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected | 57 | 43 |
| 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z | house | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Passed | 417 | 3 |

## Provisions PRIA read

- Big data centers pay for grid upgrades: benefit, low. If enacted, utilities would have to charge very large data centers for the full, incremental cost of grid upgrades they need. The rule would cover non-residential facilities that mainly run IT and data storage and have 100 megawatts or more of peak demand at one site or campus. Utilities would have…
- States face deadlines on data center grid rule: mixed, medium. If enacted, within 1 year state regulators and nonregulated utilities would have to start or set a hearing to consider the new standard. Within 2 years, they would have to finish consideration and make a determination. These deadlines would not apply in states that already implemented, considered,…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-9340 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9340)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9340 (as of 2026-11-01).