SHIELD Act

This bill would amend a federal utility law to treat facilities using more than 75 megawatts of electricity at peak, such as large data centers, as their own class of electric customers. Utilities serving this class would be required to recover from it all costs of grid upgrades made to meet its demand, even if a facility closes or uses less power than projected. Utilities would also give priority to service requests from large facilities that agree to reduce peak demand and meet all their power needs with zero-emission electricity. State utility regulators and nonregulated utilities would have to begin considering these standards within 1 year, decide within 2 years, and report to Congress within 30 days after deciding.

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Sponsors

• Mike Levin Democrat sponsor
• 14 cosponsors