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Bills/119th Congress · House

H.R. 6529

Introduced

Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act

Sponsor
DGreg Landsman· Ohio
Introduced
December 9, 2025
Policy area
Energy
Latest action
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.June 24, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6529 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6529

To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to hold a technical 
conference on protecting residential ratepayers from increased costs 
associated with large loads, and for other purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 9, 2025

Mr. Landsman (for himself, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Norton, Mr. Levin, and Mr. 
Tonko) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce

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A BILL

To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to hold a technical 
conference on protecting residential ratepayers from increased costs 
associated with large loads, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Families from AI Data 
Center Energy Costs Act''.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION TECHNICAL CONFERENCE ON 
INCREASED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE LOADS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall hold a 
Commissioner-led technical conference with representatives from the 
Department of Energy, public utilities, transmission providers, State 
regulators, ratepayer advocates, large loads (including data centers 
used for artificial intelligence models), and such other participants 
as the Commission determines appropriate, on strategies and rate 
structures for protecting residential and small commercial ratepayers 
from increased costs associated with large loads.
(b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date on which the 
technical conference under subsection (a) concludes, the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission shall submit to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate a report containing recommendations 
and best practices resulting from such technical conference.
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