Smart Meter Data Privacy Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10284 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10284 To limit the use by certain State regulated electric utilities of certain data relating to the use of electric energy by electric consumers, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 3, 2026 Mr. Riley of New York (for himself and Mr. Kennedy of Utah) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To limit the use by certain State regulated electric utilities of certain data relating to the use of electric energy by electric 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 ``Smart Meter Data Privacy Protection Act''. SEC. 2. PRIVACY PROTECTIONS FOR PERSONAL CONSUMPTION DATA. (a) Prohibition on Use of Personal Consumption Data.--A covered utility may not use (including to license, sell, or otherwise monetize or use for commercial purposes) the personal consumption data of an electric consumer that the covered utility serves unless such use is for an authorized operational purpose. (b) Annual Reports.--Each covered utility shall, not later than 1 month after the end of each fiscal year of the covered utility, submit to the Federal Trade Commission a report on how the covered utility uses the personal consumption data of electric consumers that the covered utility serves, which shall include-- (1) what type of personal consumption data the covered utility collected from electric consumers during such fiscal year; (2) how the covered utility used that personal consumption data; and (3) with whom the covered utility shared that personal consumption