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Congress·In Committee·H.R. 8033

Rep. Landsman Introduces Bill to Stop Data Centers From Raising Home Electricity Bills

No Harm Data Centers Act

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Key Points

  • Large data centers using more than 50 megawatts of electricity would be required to pay the full cost of any new power lines, generating facilities, or grid upgrades needed to serve them — preventing those costs from being passed to regular customers.
  • Electric utilities would be explicitly banned from shifting data center infrastructure costs onto the bills of residential customers and small businesses.

    From policy text

    “No covered electric utility may shift the costs described in paragraphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) onto their retail rates or charges for any customer other than a data center.”
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  • The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) would gain sole authority to approve electricity rates charged to large data centers, a major expansion of federal power over what has traditionally been a state-regulated area.

    From policy text

    “the Commission shall, beginning on the date that is 90 days after the date of enactment of this section, have the sole authority to approve rates and charges for the retail sale of electric energy from a covered electric utility to a data center.”
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  • Non-disclosure agreements that prevent local elected officials from talking publicly about data center construction projects would become unenforceable in court, increasing transparency for communities.

    From policy text

    “With respect to the construction of a data center, no predispute nondisclosure clause shall be judicially enforceable against a public official.”
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  • The EPA would commission a National Academies study of data centers' environmental and public health impacts — including noise, air and water pollution, carbon emissions, and electronic waste — with a report due within 180 days.

    From policy text

    “conduct an assessment of the impacts of data centers on the environment and public health, including with respect to-- (A) noise pollution; (B) air pollution; (C) water consumption; (D) water supply; (E) carbon emissions; and (F) waste, including electronic waste”
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  • Violators of the new data center rate rules could face civil penalties of up to $10 million per day, giving the law serious enforcement teeth.

    From policy text

    “Any person who violates any provision of section 224 or any provision of any rule or order thereunder shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $10,000,000 for each day that such violation continues.”
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Impact Analysis

Personal Impact

Scores: 1 = low, 5 = highSentiment: -5 to +5 (net benefit)

Milestones

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Mar 20, 2026House

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Mar 20, 2026

Introduced in House

What Happens Next

Projected impacts based on AI analysis

90 days after enactment

FERC gains authority to set data center electricity rates

90 days after enactment, the federal government — not state regulators — would start controlling what large data centers pay for electricity, and utilities could no longer pass those infrastructure costs to regular customers.

180 days after enactment

EPA-commissioned study on data center environmental impacts is due to Congress

Within 180 days of enactment, the National Academies would deliver a report on how data centers affect air, water, noise, and public health — potentially leading to future environmental regulations on the industry.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

No Harm Data Centers Act

Bill NumberHR 8033
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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