Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure Not invoked
Yea 57 Nay 43
119th Congress·House bill
H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection Act
To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.
SponsorRep. Gabe EvansRepublican, CO
IntroducedJun 18, 2026in the House
Latest actionSep 30, 202626 actions
Cosponsors422 recorded votes
Where the bill stands
Passed House- Introduced Jun 18, 2026
- Committee Jun 18, 2026
- Passed House Sep 16, 2026
- Passed Senate Next
- To President Not yet
- Law Not yet
Latest action, Sep 30, 2026Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (CR S5199)
Summary
Library of Congress, Sep 10, 2026Ratepayer Protection Act
The bill requires state utility regulators and nonregulated utilities to consider implementing a standard to hold certain large-load customers responsible for the costs associated with any generation, transmission, or distribution upgrade of electric service necessary to serve such customers. A large-load customer means a non-residential electric consumer that enters, or requests to enter, an agreement concerning the sale of electric energy primarily to operate information technology infrastructure and related systems pertaining to data storage and computational applications and services (e.g., data centers) that have a peak electric demand of 100 megawatts or more at a single site or campus.
Specifically, the bill requires states to consider implementing a federal standard for large-load customers. The standard must require rates charged by electric utilities for providing electric service to a large-load customer to be designed to recover from the large-load customer the full, incremental cost of any generation, transmission, or distribution upgrade necessary to serve such customer. This rate must include the costs that would be incurred if the large-load customer terminates an agreement with the electric utility pertaining to the sale of electric energy or otherwise ceases the purchase of energy from the electric utility.
Under the standard, an electric utility must require the large-load customer to provide to the utility financial assurances or contributions to cover the cost of any generation, transmission, or distribution upgrade that is necessary to serve the load of a large-load customer before the utility makes any generation, transmission, or distribution upgrade.
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2 recordedOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Passed
Yea 417 Nay 3 Not voting 12
R 210 / 0
D 206 / 3
I 1 / 0
Actions
26 total- Sep 30, 2026SenateMotion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S5199)
- Sep 30, 2026SenateCloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 43. Record Vote Number: 254.
- Sep 30, 2026SenateMotion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (CR S5199)
- Sep 29, 2026SenateMotion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
- Sep 28, 2026SenateMotion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S5065)
- Sep 28, 2026SenateCloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S5065)
- Sep 24, 2026SenateRead the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 684.
- Sep 23, 2026SenateRead the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
All 26 actions
- Sep 17, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate.
- Sep 16, 2026HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 16, 2026HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 417 - 3 (Roll no. 312). (text: CR H5656-5657)
- Sep 16, 2026HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5958-5959)
- Sep 15, 2026HouseAt the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Sep 15, 2026HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9340.
- Sep 15, 2026HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5656-5661)
- Sep 15, 2026HouseMr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 10, 2026HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-814.
- Sep 10, 2026HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 713.
- Jul 21, 2026HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jul 21, 2026HouseOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 52 - 0.
- Jul 20, 2026HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 24, 2026HouseSubcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Jun 24, 2026HouseForwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
- Jun 18, 2026HouseIntroduced in House
- Jun 18, 2026HouseReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Jun 18, 2026HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Committees
1- House Energy and Commerce CommitteeReported ByReported By, Sep 10, 2026Markup By, Jul 21, 2026Markup By, Jul 20, 2026Referred To, Jun 18, 2026
- Subcommittee: Energy SubcommitteeReported byReported by, Jun 24, 2026Markup by, Jun 24, 2026Referred to, Jun 18, 2026
Sponsor and cosponsors
42 cosponsors- Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO-8)Sponsor, Jun 18, 2026
- Kathy Castor (D-FL-14)OriginalJoined Jun 18, 2026
- Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2)Joined Jun 23, 2026
- John Joyce (R-PA-13)Joined Jun 25, 2026
- Michael Baumgartner (R-WA-5)Joined Jun 29, 2026
- Michael McCaul (R-TX-10)Joined Jun 29, 2026
- Clay Fuller (R-GA-14)Joined Jun 30, 2026
- Robert Wittman (R-VA-1)Joined Jun 30, 2026
- Robert Onder (R-MO-3)Joined Jul 13, 2026
- Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3)Joined Jul 20, 2026
- Harriet Hageman (R-WY)Joined Jul 20, 2026
- John McGuire (R-VA-5)Joined Jul 20, 2026
- Thomas Kean (R-NJ-7)Joined Jul 20, 2026
All 42 cosponsors
- H. Griffith (R-VA-9)Joined Jul 21, 2026
- Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7)Joined Jul 23, 2026
- Sanford Bishop (D-GA-2)Joined Jul 27, 2026
- Jennifer McClellan (D-VA-4)Joined Aug 3, 2026
- Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5)Joined Aug 3, 2026
- Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28)Joined Aug 17, 2026
- Laurel Lee (R-FL-15)Joined Aug 17, 2026
- Ben Cline (R-VA-6)Joined Aug 27, 2026
- Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24)Joined Aug 27, 2026
- Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1)Joined Aug 27, 2026
- Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8)Joined Aug 27, 2026
- Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4)Joined Aug 27, 2026
- Michael Lawler (R-NY-17)Joined Aug 27, 2026
- Brad Finstad (R-MN-1)Joined Aug 31, 2026
- Earl Carter (R-GA-1)Joined Aug 31, 2026
- Jeff Crank (R-CO-5)Joined Aug 31, 2026
- Riley Moore (R-WV-2)Joined Aug 31, 2026
- Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA-2)Joined Sep 1, 2026
- Jim Jordan (R-OH-4)Joined Sep 1, 2026
- Christopher Smith (R-NJ-4)Joined Sep 2, 2026
- John Moolenaar (R-MI-2)Joined Sep 2, 2026
- Randy Weber (R-TX-14)Joined Sep 2, 2026
- Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2)Joined Sep 4, 2026
- Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4)Joined Sep 10, 2026
- David Valadao (R-CA-22)Joined Sep 10, 2026
- Jeff Hurd (R-CO-3)Joined Sep 10, 2026
- Mike Flood (R-NE-1)Joined Sep 10, 2026
- Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15)Joined Sep 10, 2026
- Pat Fallon (R-TX-4)Joined Sep 10, 2026
- Tom Barrett (R-MI-7)Joined Sep 10, 2026
Text versions
4- Placed on Calendar Senate Sep 24, 2026 PDF: Placed on Calendar Senate
- Engrossed in House Sep 16, 2026 PDF: Engrossed in House
- Reported in House Sep 10, 2026 PDF: Reported in House
- Introduced in House Jun 18, 2026 PDF: Introduced in House
Amendments
4- S.Amdt. 6846Undated
- S.Amdt. 6845Undated
- S.Amdt. 6840Undated
- S.Amdt. 6837Undated
Cost estimates and reports
- CBO: H.R. 9340, Ratepayer Protection ActSep 9, 2026As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 21, 2026
- Committee report H. Rept. 119-814
Titles
2Short titles
- Ratepayer Protection ActShort Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
Official titles
- To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
Subjects
10Policy area
Legislative subjects
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresElectric power generation and transmissionEnergy efficiency and conservationEnergy pricesEnergy storage, supplies, demandFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)Federal preemptionIntergovernmental relationsPublic utilities and utility ratesState and local government operations
Related bills
2- S. 5028 Related bill Ratepayer Protection Act
- H.R. 10322 Related bill Data Center Fair Share Act
Official record from Congress.gov, the House Clerk and the Senate; lobbying from Lobbying Disclosure Act filings. Updated Oct 27, 2026.