Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected in the Senate on September 30, 2026 · 56 Yea, 43 Nay
Question: Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 9340
In plain English: This bill would require states to consider a rule making large electricity users, like data centers, pay the full cost of any new power infrastructure needed to serve them. This includes costs if they stop buying electricity.
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 informat…