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Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act

Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary

Would prevent AI data center electricity demand from raising household utility bills, likely by shifting cost allocation to data center operators. It responds to rate increases in regions with heavy AI buildout.

Model-rated AI relevance 75%.

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Data as of: bills Sep 9, 2026 · votes Sep 11, 2026 · statements Sep 9, 2026. What changed

Progress

  1. Introduced

    Dec 9, 2025

  2. Reported by committee

    Jul 21, 2026

  3. Passed House

  4. Passed Senate

  5. Became law

Latest action · July 21, 2026

Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.

What members said

Releases that cite this bill first, then releases on the same topics.

Greg LandsmanDemocrattoward oversightJul 22, 2026 · cites this bill by title

Landsman advanced his Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act requiring FERC to convene stakeholders and recommend ways to keep AI data center energy costs from being passed on to families.

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Lori TrahanDemocrattoward oversightJul 21, 2026 · cites this bill by title

Trahan backs bipartisan bills forcing AI data centers to pay their own grid costs and calls for going further on efficiency and environmental rules.

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Greg LandsmanDemocrattoward oversightJul 10, 2026 · cites this bill by title

Landsman calls for federal regulation of AI data centers and an EPA-commissioned study of their environmental impacts.

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Raphael WarnockDemocrattoward oversightSep 3, 2026 · same topic

Warnock calls for a statewide moratorium on AI data center construction unless projects guarantee no utility cost hikes, no NDAs, no tax giveaways, and no pollution.

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Joshua HawleyRepublicantoward oversightSep 3, 2026 · same topic

Hawley is investigating AI surveillance camera companies, arguing Congress never authorized these invasive AI-driven networks and that corporate self-policing is an inadequate safeguard.

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Tom BarrettRepublicantoward oversightSep 1, 2026 · same topic

Barrett's bipartisan Doctors Not AI Act would bar AI from making medical-necessity insurance denials and require disclosure of AI use.

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Gabe EvansRepublicanmixedSep 1, 2026 · same topic

Evans promotes American open-source AI leadership against China while adding commonsense consumer guardrails and mandated federal risk assessments of adversary models.

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Greg LandsmanDemocrattoward oversightSep 1, 2026 · same topic

Landsman's Doctors Not AI Act would keep licensed clinicians, not algorithms, in charge of medical-necessity decisions with transparency for patients.

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Bill data read 2026-09-09T02:09:45.522Z