Power for the People Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 3682 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3682 To promote the creation of data center load queues and data center- specific rate classes to mitigate the impact of data centers on other electricity consumers, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 15, 2026 Mr. Van Hollen (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Booker, Ms. Duckworth, Ms. Smith, Mr. Welch, and Ms. Alsobrooks) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To promote the creation of data center load queues and data center- specific rate classes to mitigate the impact of data centers on other electricity consumers, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Power for the People Act of 2026''. SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) because of current energy policies and electricity market structures, households and businesses are subsidizing data center development, paying the way for data centers through rising energy bills; (2) recent analysis indicates that data centers are set to more than double their electricity consumption, accounting for 6.7 percent to 12 percent of all energy demand by 2028, which is causing electricity prices to increase for ratepayers; (3) ratepayers should not be forced to take on the financial risks and costs of new infrastructure investments needed to support projected data center energy demands; (4) data center owners and operators should be held accountable for the increased energy costs that data centers are causing; (5)(A) the uniquely large s