119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jul 16, 2026
Ratepayer Protection Act
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Latest action (Jul 16, 2026): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Energy
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jul 16, 2026)
Ratepayer Protection Act
The bill requires state utility regulators and nonregulated utilities to consider implementing a standard to hold certain large-load customers responsible for the costs associated with any generation, transmission, or distribution upgrade of electric service necessary to serve such customers. A large-load customer means a non-residential electric consumer that enters, or requests to enter, an agreement concerning the sale of electric energy primarily to operate information technology infrastructure and related systems pertaining to data storage and computational applications and services (e.g., data centers) that have a peak electric demand of 100 megawatts or more at a single site or campus.
Specifically, the bill requires states to consider implementing a federal standard for large-load customers. The standard must require rates charged by electric utilities for providing electric service to a large-load customer to be designed to recover from the large-load customer the full, incremental cost of any generation, transmission, or distribution upgrade necessary to serve such customer. This rate must include the costs that would be incurred if the large-load customer terminates an agreement with the electric utility pertaining to the sale of electric energy or otherwise ceases the purchase of energy from the electric utility.
Under the standard, an electric utility must require the large-load customer to provide to the utility financial assurances or contributions to cover the cost of any generation, transmission, or distribution upgrade that is necessary to serve the load of a large-load customer before the utility makes any generation, transmission, or distribution upgrade.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Introduced in Senate
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ANTHROPIC · lobbying firm or registrant: ANTHROPIC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Computer Industry
$2,110,000
Spent on own lobbying
…TCH) Act; provisions related to export controls S.4784 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; provisions related to Artificial Intelligence S.5028 - Ratepayer Protection Act; provisions related to Artificial Intelligence, Data Centers, and Energy S.5051 - AI AGENT Act of 2026; provisions related to Artifi…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ANTHROPIC · lobbying firm or registrant: ANTHROPIC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Science/Technology
$2,110,000
Spent on own lobbying
…TCH) Act; provisions related to export controls S.4784 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027; provisions related to Artificial Intelligence S.5028 - Ratepayer Protection Act; provisions related to Artificial Intelligence, Data Centers, and Energy S.5051 - AI AGENT Act of 2026; provisions related to Artifi…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ANTHROPIC · lobbying firm or registrant: ANTHROPIC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$2,110,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R.9340 - Ratepayer Protection Act; provisions related to Artificial Intelligence, Data Centers, and Energy S.5028 - Ratepayer Protection Act; provisions related to Artificial Intelligence, Data Centers, and Energy Matters related to Artificial Intelligence Energy Infrastru…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ARCELORMITTAL NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: ARCELORMITTAL NORTH AMERICA HOLDINGS LLC AND ITS US SUBSIDIARIES
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$190,000
Spent on own lobbying
Issues related to industrial energy users, including H.R.9340/S.5028, the "Ratepayer Protection Act"
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION · lobbying firm or registrant: FRIENDS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL LEGISLATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$1,000,000
Spent on own lobbying
…Security Act of 2026 H.R. 7977 - Energy Bills Relief Act H.R. 4669 - FEMA Act of 2025 S. 5653 Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 H.R. 9340/S. 5028 Ratepayer Protection Act
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
CHEVRON U.S.A. INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$2,770,000
Spent on own lobbying
…all provisions S. 3082: American Shores Protection Act of 2025; all provisions S. 4944: American Energy and Mineral Infrastructure Act of 2026; all provisions S. 5028: Ratepayer Protection Act; all provisions S. 5653: Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026; all provisions General Discussions Related to ENG (n…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE · lobbying firm or registrant: EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$1,633,778
Spent on own lobbying
…Load Forecasting Enhancement Act; H.R. 9335, Advanced Transmission Technology to Reduce Rates Act; H.R. 9339, Affordable Innovation for the Grid Act; H.R. 9340/S. 5028, Ratepayer Protection Act; HR. 3628, State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act; S. 1327, Advancing GETs Act of 2025; S. 3034, Reliable Power Act; S.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
BLOOM ENERGY · lobbying firm or registrant: BLOOM ENERGY
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$480,000
Spent on own lobbying
…arency in Energy (RATE) Act of 2026; provisions related to addressing energy delivery challenges associated with demands for data centers and AI infrastructure S. 5028: Ratepayer Protection Act; provisions related to grid interconnection and flexible generation agreements
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Utilities
$290,000
Spent on own lobbying
…atory Commission the authority to determine and mitigate the significant reliability impacts of major federal regulations (all provisions). Discussed H.R. 9340/S. 5028, the Ratepayer Protection Act, to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a federal standard relating to the recovery of the full…
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PUGET SOUND ENERGY · lobbying firm or registrant: PUGET SOUND ENERGY
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$300,000
Spent on own lobbying
…Load Forecasting Enhancement Act; H.R. 9335, Advanced Transmission Technology to Reduce Rates Act; H.R. 9339, Affordable Innovation for the Grid Act; H.R. 9340/S. 5028, Ratepayer Protection Act; HR. 3628, State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act; S. 1327, Advancing GETs Act of 2025; S. 3034, Reliable Power Act; S…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
XCEL ENERGY INC · lobbying firm or registrant: XCEL ENERGY, INC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$300,000
Spent on own lobbying
…city (ARC) Act; S. 3852 GRID Act; S. 3947 REWIRE Act; S. 4284, Nuclear Energy Innovation and Deployment Act; S. 4559, Energy Cost Fairness and Reliability Act; S. 5028, Ratepayer Protection Act; S. 5249, MORE American Fuel Act; S. 5653, Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA); 811 Locate Issues generall…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NUCOR CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: NUCOR CORPORATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$740,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R. 9340/S. 5028, Ratepayer Protection Act Affordable and reliable energy supply through development of all resources including clean coal, natural gas, nuclear, wind, solar, a…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ORACLE CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$90,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Issues relating to energy policy including H.R. 9340 / S. 5028, Ratepayer Protection Act.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA AND ITS AFFILIATES · lobbying firm or registrant: ROLLS-ROYCE NORTH AMERICA AND ITS AFFILIATES
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$380,000
Spent on own lobbying
Small Modular Reactor Commercialization Act (H.R. 2813 / no Senate bill), Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340 / S. 5028), American Apprenticeship Act (H.R. 1783 / S. 531) CERTAIN Act (H.R. 8308 / no Senate bill): issues related to energy and nuclear policy, small modular reactor…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COMPUTER & COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: ARENTFOX SCHIFF LLP
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
H.R. 9340 and S. 5028 (Ratepayer Protection Act), generally
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
SIEMENS ENERGY, INC · lobbying firm or registrant: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$290,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R.9340/S.5028, Ratepayer Protection Act; S.5653, Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026; Issues related to artificial intelligence, data centers, energy reli…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY · lobbying firm or registrant: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ENERGY
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$260,000
Spent on own lobbying
…utive branch from cancelling permitted projects. -H.R. 6336, FAIR Act -H.R. 6633, High-Capacity Grid Act -H.R. 7977, Energy Bills Relief Act of 2026 -H.R. 9340/S. 5028, Ratepayer Protection Act -S. 3947, REWIRE Act -S. 5653 Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of 2026 (BAAJA) -Data center issues generally -Draft leg…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS · lobbying firm or registrant: INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$170,000
Spent on own lobbying
-- Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340 and S.5028). Lobbied for passage of both bills. -- Agriculture Act of 2026, Section 12501 (S.5526). Lobbied to preserve the Small Batch Refineries Exemption - within the…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY · lobbying firm or registrant: ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Environment/Superfund
$550,000
Spent on own lobbying
…Regulatory Overreach from Turning Essential Companies into Targets (PROTECT USA) Act of 2025. Monitoring of H.R. 471, Fix Our Forests Act. Monitoring H.R. 9340/S. 5028, The Ratepayer Protection Act. Monitor implementation of P.L. 119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and legislative and regulatory actions related to climate pro…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPORATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$340,000
Spent on own lobbying
…f nuclear energy, and for other purposes. H.R. 3062, Promoting Cross-Border Energy Infrastructure Act; H.R. 8248, Grid Expansion and Reliability Act; H.R. 9340/S. 5028, Ratepayer Protection Act; H.R. 9612 - American Enrichment Deployment Act: To amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to update the licensing procedures for uraniu…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE · lobbying firm or registrant: FIERCE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$60,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Permitting reform; S.5028 - Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
ORACLE CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: ORACLE CORPORATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$2,890,000
Spent on own lobbying
E.O. 14179 - Removing Barriers to American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence S. 5028 - Ratepayer Protection Act S. 5199 - GRID Savings Act of 2026 H.R. 9340 - Ratepayer Protection Act Issues related to power generation for Artificial Intelligen…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS · lobbying firm or registrant: LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$220,000
Spent on own lobbying
…ess to oppose EPAs proposed 2 year delay of light duty vehicle criteria pollutant standards. Shared statements with Congress on the deficiencies with H.R. 9340/S. 5028, the Ratepayer Protection Act.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
COREWEAVE, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: CROSSROADS STRATEGIES, LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Computer Industry
$80,000
Paid to lobbying firm
Issues related to data center development and artificial intelligence; H.R.9340/S.5028, Ratepayer Protection Act.
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE · lobbying firm or registrant: CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Energy/Nuclear
$50,000
Paid to lobbying firm
…Load Forecasting Enhancement Act; H.R. 9335, Advanced Transmission Technology to Reduce Rates Act; H.R. 9339, Affordable Innovation for the Grid Act; H.R. 9340/S. 5028, Ratepayer Protection Act; HR. 3628, State Planning for Reliability and Affordability Act; S. 1327, Advancing GETs Act of 2025; S. 3034, Reliable Power Act; S.…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing