H.R. 9340

119th Congress

Introduced

Ratepayer Protection Act

Sponsored byRepublican:Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8]CO· Introduced 18 June 2026
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42

Cosponsors

21

Actions

0

Amendments

1

Committees

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Since introduced

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Latest action

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

16 September 2026·4 days ago

Summary

Reported to House · Updated 14 September 2026

Ratepayer 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.

Timeline

21 actions

  1. Received in the Senate.

    17 September 2026 · IntroReferral

  2. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

    16 September 2026 · Floor

  3. Considered as unfinished business.

    16 September 2026 · Floor

  4. 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)

    16 September 2026 · Floor

  5. Considered as unfinished business.

    16 September 2026 · Floor

  6. 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).

    16 September 2026 · Floor

  7. Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

    15 September 2026 · Floor

  8. Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

    15 September 2026 · Floor

  9. Considered under suspension of the rules.

    15 September 2026 · Floor

  10. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5656-5661)

    15 September 2026 · Floor

  11. Mr. Guthrie moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.

    15 September 2026 · Floor

  12. 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.

    15 September 2026 · Floor

  13. 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.

    15 September 2026 · Floor

  14. DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9340.

    15 September 2026 · Floor

  15. DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9340.

    15 September 2026 · Floor

  16. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-814.

    10 September 2026 · Committee

  17. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-814.

    10 September 2026 · Committee

  18. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-814.

    10 September 2026 · Committee

  19. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-814.

    10 September 2026 · Committee

  20. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-814.

    10 September 2026 · Committee

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Sponsorship

42 cosponsors

Sponsor

Republican:Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8]CO

Cosponsors

  • Democrat717%
  • Republican3583%

Classification

Policy area

Energy

Legislative subjects

Electric power generation and transmissionEnergy efficiency and conservationEnergy pricesEnergy storage, supplies, demandPublic utilities and utility ratesState and local government operations

Committees

1

  • Energy and Commerce Committee

    House · Standing

    • Referred To18 Jun 2026
    • Markup By20 Jul 2026
    • Markup By21 Jul 2026

    • Energy Subcommittee

      • Referred to18 Jun 2026
      • Markup by24 Jun 2026
      • Reported by24 Jun 2026

Cosponsor momentum

Cumulative over time

Cosponsors grew from 1 on 18 June 2026 to 42 on 10 September 2026.

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