I will support final House passage of the Ratepayer Protection Act to require large-load data center customers to pay the full incremental cost of energy infrastructure upgrades needed to serve them instead of passing those costs to ratepayers.

Gabe Evans · Colorado · Republican

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Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Support final House passage of the Ratepayer Protection Act and lead the bill to require large-load data center customers to cover energy generation, transmission, and infrastructure costs needed to serve them.. Promised outcome: Keep energy affordable and prevent families and small businesses from footing the bill for data center energy infrastructure upgrades.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Press release from Rep. Gabe Evans' congressional office about his federal legislation set for a House vote during the 2026 congressional term.

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This bipartisan commonsense legislation ensures the companies creating new demand for electricity pay for the infrastructure they require-not Colorado families, farmers, seniors, and small businesses. I'm proud to see the swift advancement of the Ratepayer Protection Act through committee, and I look forward to its final passage in the House.

Evans said he looked forward to final House passage of the Ratepayer Protection Act, which he described as ensuring companies creating new electricity demand pay for the required infrastructure rather than Colorado families, farmers, seniors, and small businesses.

Ratepayer Protection Act Advances from House Committee on Energy and Commerce
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Gabe Evans’ bipartisan legislation protecting ratepayers from rising costs associated with the increased energy demand will receive a vote next week — marking one of the final bills to be considered by the House prior to the midterm elections. The bill ensures American families are not left footing the bill for the grid upgrades and new energy generation required to operate large data centers. More specifically, it requires state utility regulators, like the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, to consider implementing rules for large-load data centers and hyperscalers to cover the full costs of power generation, transmission lines, and other energy infrastructure upgrades needed to meet their immense energy demand.

Evans' office says his Ratepayer Protection Act is headed for a House vote and would require regulators to consider rules making large-load data centers cover energy infrastructure costs instead of shifting them to families and small businesses.

Evans’ Bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act Set for House Vote | Representative Gabe Evans
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GovInfo bill text shows H.R. 9340 was introduced in the House by Mr. Evans of Colorado with Ms. Castor of Florida. The bill would establish a federal standard for recovery of the full incremental costs of upgrades serving large-load customers and requires financial assurances before generation, transmission, or distribution upgrades are made.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Evans took concrete action by sponsoring the Ratepayer Protection Act, and the introduced text matches the commitment's substance on large-load customers paying incremental infrastructure costs.

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H.R. 9340 (IH) - Ratepayer Protection Act
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The House Energy and Commerce Committee reported that H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, passed committee by a 52-0 vote. The release says the legislation would require state utility commissions to consider making data centers pay their own way instead of passing costs to consumers; Evans said he looked forward to final House passage.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Committee passage is significant progress and shows Evans continuing to support the bill, but final House passage had not yet occurred in this record. Searches in the Aug. 10-12 lookback did not surface a later official final House passage vote.

partial same_term A for effort

Ratepayer Protection Act Advances from House Committee on Energy and Commerce
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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Evans sponsored H.R. 9340 and the bill text matches the promised policy of making large-load data center customers cover incremental energy infrastructure costs. The bill also advanced through House Energy and Commerce Committee 52-0 during his House term. However, the promised milestone was support for final House passage, and the evidence does not show final House passage as of August 12, 2026. This is meaningful same-term progress but not full delivery.

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