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HR-10809 — Make Data Centers Pay Act

Tracked record titled “To amend the Federal Power Act to protect ratepayers from costs relating to the electric loads of data centers and high-density computing facilities..” Latest source-reported action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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Legal stateIntroduced / in committeeA bill is not law unless the source record shows enactment.
JurisdictionUnited StatesFederal-source record
Latest recorded action2026-10-13Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Primary sourceCongressOriginal public record linked

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How it operates

Disclosure & reporting · Utility rate / large-load tariff

Forces a data center’s energy, water, and impact data into public view, so regulators, ratepayers, and communities can see figures operators would otherwise keep private. Changes who pays for the grid — shifting the cost of new power supply and upgrades toward large data-center loads instead of ordinary ratepayers.

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Issues named in the record

Energy · Ratepayer

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Make Data Centers Pay Act

10 nodes · 9 evidenced edges
Policy record 1Policy theme 2Policy mechanism 2Documented actor 2Policy family 1Jurisdiction 1Original source 1
explicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summaryexplicitly concerns: Theme named in the title or stored summarysignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textsignals mechanism: Mechanism signal derived from the tracked record textapplies in: Jurisdiction recorded for this source typedocumented by: Original source URL stored with the policy recordreferred to: Committee named in the latest legislative actionsponsored: Named sponsor in the tracked public recordmember of family: authoritative billPolicy recordHR-10809Make Data Centers Pay ActHR-10809: Make Data Centers Pay ActPolicy themeEnergyExplicit record textEnergy: Explicit record textPolicy themeRatepayerExplicit record textRatepayer: Explicit record textPolicy mechanismDisclosure & reportingText-derived policy signalDisclosure & reporting: Text-derived policy signalPolicy mechanismUtility rate / large-l…Text-derived policy signalUtility rate / large-load tariff: Text-derived policy signalJurisdictionUnited StatesFederal policy jurisdictionUnited States: Federal policy jurisdictionOriginal sourceCongressOriginal public sourceCongress: Original public sourceDocumented actorEnergy and CommercecommitteeEnergy and Commerce: committeeDocumented actorEugene Simon VindmanpersonEugene Simon Vindman: personPolicy familyMake Data Centers Pay …USMake Data Centers Pay Act: US

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