Prohibit data centers from passing project-driven electricity, water, wastewater, infrastructure, mitigation, and related costs on to families and other protected ratepayers.

Henry Cuellar · Texas · Democratic

policy impact 0.82 specificity 0.92 extraction confidence 96%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Ratepayers cannot be charged for electricity, water, wastewater, infrastructure, mitigation, or related costs caused by a covered project... If the project creates the cost, the project pays the cost. The family ratepayer does not.

Cuellar committed through the bill to make covered data centers pay their own project-driven utility and infrastructure costs rather than shifting them to ratepayers.

Rep. Cuellar Introduces the Ratepayer Bill of Rights Act of 2026 | U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar, Ph.D.
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Last Action Date Listed: August 24, 2026. Action: Mr. Cuellar introduced the following bill; which was referred to committee.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official GovInfo status shows Cuellar introduced H.R. 10139 in the 119th Congress and it was referred to House committees. No enactment, passage, or later official action was found in the September 5-7, 2026 lookback window, so the promise remains unresolved, with concrete legislative effort.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10139 (IH) - Ratepayer Bill of Rights Act of 2026 - BILLS-119hr10139ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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No project-driven cost may be shifted to ratepayers through rates, riders, or surcharges.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill text directly matches the commitment by requiring covered data centers to pay project-driven costs and barring cost-shifting to protected ratepayers. Because this is introduced legislation rather than enacted law, it supports partial progress but not delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 10139 Introduced Bill Text PDF
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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

Cuellar introduced H.R. 10139, the Ratepayer Bill of Rights Act of 2026, on August 24, 2026. The bill text appears to match the promise by requiring covered data centers to bear project-driven costs and barring cost-shifting to protected ratepayers. However, the measure has only been introduced and referred to committee, with no evidence of House passage, Senate passage, enactment, or implemented federal prohibition. Because the promised policy has not taken legal effect but Cuellar made a concrete legislative attempt during the same term, the outcome remains unresolved with an effort badge.

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