Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340) for Large-Load Electricity Customers

proposed

The Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340) is legislation passed by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Energy. It requires state utility regulators to consider standards for integrating new large-load customers with a demand of 100 megawatts or more onto the electric grid. The bill mandates electric utilities to recover the full incremental cost of generation, transmission, or distribution upgrades from qualifying large-load customers and obtain financial assurances before undertaking upgrades. It aims to create a consistent federal framework for allocating electric infrastructure upgrade costs for large-load customers, impacting commercial HVAC contractors and utility planning for high-demand facilities such as data centers and advanced manufacturing.