Power for the People Act of 2026
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 28
- Latest action
- Apr 9, 2026
What it does
The Power for the People Act of 2026 would require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish rules for data center load queues and rate classes to ensure that data center owners and operators bear the costs of their energy demands, including infrastructure upgrades and grid impacts, rather than passing those costs to households and businesses. It aims to protect grid reliability and electricity affordability by prioritizing interconnection for data centers that implement clean energy, load flexibility, battery storage, and fair labor practices, while allowing grid operators to delay or deny connections that threaten service to other users. The bill applies to large data centers…
AI summary · The lawmakers haven’t published an official summary of this bill yet, so 52 wrote this one from the bill’s text.
Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
Floor (Not started)
Law (Not started)
What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
- Paul Tonko
- April McClain Delaney
- Becca Balint
- Betty McCollum
- Brittany Pettersen
- Chellie Pingree
- Dan Goldman
- Eleanor Norton
- George Latimer
- Glenn Ivey
- Janice Schakowsky
- Jennifer McClellan
- John Garamendi
- Johnny Olszewski
- Kathy Castor
- Kristen McDonald Rivet
- Kweisi Mfume
- Lauren Underwood
- Madeleine Dean
- Mark DeSaulnier
- Maxine Dexter
- Mike Levin
- Mike Quigley
- Sarah Elfreth
- Stephen Lynch
- Steve Cohen
- Valerie Foushee
- Veronica Escobar
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.