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Yes: 474 • No: 46
HR9340119th CongressWALLET
Ratepayer Protection Act
Sponsored By: Representative Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8]
Passed House
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.
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- 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.
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.
States face deadlines on data center grid rule
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, or had a legislature vote on a comparable standard before enactment. The bill would treat the date of enactment for this standard as the day paragraph (22) becomes law.
Big data centers pay for grid upgrades
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 to get money or financial guarantees from those customers before starting upgrades. Utilities would still recover those costs from the customer even if the customer ends its power contract or stops buying power. This would lower the chance that other ratepayers pay for these upgrade costs.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8]
CO • R
Cosponsors
Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14]
FL • D
Sponsored 6/18/2026
Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2]
NJ • R
Sponsored 6/23/2026
Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13]
PA • R
Sponsored 6/25/2026
Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
TX • R
Sponsored 6/29/2026
Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5]
WA • R
Sponsored 6/29/2026
Rep. Fuller, Clay [R-GA-14]
GA • R
Sponsored 6/30/2026
Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1]
VA • R
Sponsored 6/30/2026
Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-MO-3]
MO • R
Sponsored 7/13/2026
Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large]
WY • R
Sponsored 7/20/2026
Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7]
NJ • R
Sponsored 7/20/2026
Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]
WI • R
Sponsored 7/20/2026
Rep. McGuire, John J. [R-VA-5]
VA • R
Sponsored 7/20/2026
Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9]
VA • R
Sponsored 7/21/2026
Rep. Mackenzie, Ryan [R-PA-7]
PA • R
Sponsored 7/23/2026
Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2]
GA • D
Sponsored 7/27/2026
Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4]
VA • D
Sponsored 8/3/2026
Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5]
NJ • D
Sponsored 8/3/2026
Rep. Lee, Laurel M. [R-FL-15]
FL • R
Sponsored 8/17/2026
Rep. Cuellar, Henry [D-TX-28]
TX • D
Sponsored 8/17/2026
Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6]
VA • R
Sponsored 8/27/2026
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 8/27/2026
Rep. McDonald Rivet, Kristen [D-MI-8]
MI • D
Sponsored 8/27/2026
Rep. Boebert, Lauren [R-CO-4]
CO • R
Sponsored 8/27/2026
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 8/27/2026
Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24]
TX • R
Sponsored 8/27/2026
Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1]
MN • R
Sponsored 8/31/2026
Rep. Crank, Jeff [R-CO-5]
CO • R
Sponsored 8/31/2026
Rep. Moore, Riley M. [R-WV-2]
WV • R
Sponsored 8/31/2026
Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1]
GA • R
Sponsored 8/31/2026
Jordan
OH • R
Sponsored 9/1/2026
Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2]
VA • R
Sponsored 9/1/2026
Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2]
MI • R
Sponsored 9/2/2026
Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]
TX • R
Sponsored 9/2/2026
Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
NJ • R
Sponsored 9/2/2026
Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2]
NH • D
Sponsored 9/4/2026
Rep. Huizenga, Bill [R-MI-4]
MI • R
Sponsored 9/10/2026
Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3]
CO • R
Sponsored 9/10/2026
Rep. Valadao, David G. [R-CA-22]
CA • R
Sponsored 9/10/2026
Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7]
MI • R
Sponsored 9/10/2026
Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15]
TX • R
Sponsored 9/10/2026
Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4]
TX • R
Sponsored 9/10/2026
Rep. Flood, Mike [R-NE-1]
NE • R
Sponsored 9/10/2026
Roll Call Votes
senate vote • 9/30/2026
On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 9340
Yes: 57 • No: 43
house vote • 9/16/2026
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
Yes: 417 • No: 3