FAIR Data Act

This bill amends a federal utility law to add a standard that investor-owned, state-regulated electric utilities may not charge residential or small business customers for costs tied to large data centers, including grid upgrades built to meet their power demand. A covered data center is a site whose peak power demand exceeds 75 megawatts. State utility regulators must begin considering this standard within 6 months and decide whether to adopt it within 1 year. States could receive Department of Energy assistance funds only if they certify that these costs will not raise household and small business rates and that data centers claiming to lower local bills report actual savings each year. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission must report to Congress each year on how data center demand affects these rates and grid reliability.

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Sponsors

• Josh Riley Democrat sponsor
• 2 cosponsors