Ratepayer Protection Act
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2026-06-18
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Ratepayer Protection Act” Read the full text
Energy
What it does
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 applic
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2026-06-18
In the House.
Passed the House · 2026-09-16
Senate floor vote · next
Official documents
Full bill textas published by GovInfo
officialCongressional Budget Office cost estimatewhat it would cost, by the nonpartisan CBO
officialThe numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
43
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
DUKE ENERGY CORPORATIONvia DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION
2 filingsPORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRICvia PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC
2 filingsAI SUPPLY CHAIN ALLIANCE (INFORMAL COALITION)via CO2EFFICIENT LLC
1 filingAIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL -- NORTH AMERICAvia AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL -- NORTH AMERICA
1 filingAMEREN SERVICESvia AMEREN SERVICES
1 filingAMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCILvia AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL
1 filingAMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. AND AFFILIATED CORPORATIONSvia AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. AND AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS
1 filingAMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATIONvia AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION
1 filingFrom 48 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 684. (2026-09-24).