H.R. 9340 House Energy
Ratepayer Protection Act
House Floor, still liveSTAGE 4 OF 8 — HOUSE FLOOR
Currently in the House. Last action: read the second time. placed on senate legislative calendar under general orders. calendar no. 684 on Sep 24, 2026.
- House Introduced in House Jun 18, 2026
- House Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Jun 18, 2026
- House Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. Jun 18, 2026
- House Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Jun 24, 2026
- House Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote. Jun 24, 2026
- House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Jul 20, 2026
- House Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held Jul 21, 2026
- House Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 52 - 0. Jul 21, 2026
- House Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-814. Sep 10, 2026
- House Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 713. Sep 10, 2026
- House Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5656-5661) Sep 15, 2026
- House Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. Sep 15, 2026
- House Considered under suspension of the rules. Sep 15, 2026
- House DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9340. Sep 15, 2026
- House At 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, 2026
- House Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5958-5959) Sep 16, 2026
- House Passed/agreed to in House: On 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, 2026
- House On 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, 2026
- House Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Sep 16, 2026
- HouseOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended Sep 16, 2026
- Senate Received in the Senate. Sep 17, 2026
- Senate Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Sep 23, 2026
- Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 684. Sep 24, 2026
Cosponsors
42
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
Committees
- Energy and Commerce Committee
- [Reported By, Sep 10, 2026]
- [Markup By, Jul 21, 2026]
- [Markup By, Jul 20, 2026]
- [Referred To, Jun 18, 2026]
Summary
Ratepayer Protection ActThe 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.
[Summary as of: Reported to House]
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