Mike Kennedy will work to ban utility companies from selling or sharing customers' smart meter data and limit use of that data to core utility functions such as billing, grid reliability, outages, and regulatory compliance.

Mike Kennedy · Utah · Republican

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Representative Mike Kennedy (UT-03), and Representative Josh Riley (NY-19) introduced the Smart Meter Data Privacy Protection Act, bipartisan legislation to ban utility companies from selling Americans private data and crack down on the misuse of personal information collected through smart meters.

Kennedy introduced legislation to restrict utilities from selling or sharing smart meter data and to limit use of customer energy-usage data to core utility functions.

Congressman Mike Kennedy introduces bill to ban the sale of data obtained by smart meters | Congressman Mike Kennedy
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Mr. Riley of New York (for himself and Mr. Kennedy of Utah) introduced the following bill... Short Title Smart Meter Data Privacy Protection Act... Full Title 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.

Kennedy cosponsored an introduced House bill to restrict certain state-regulated electric utilities' use of consumer smart meter energy-use data.

H.R. 10284 (IH) - Smart Meter Data Privacy Protection Act - BILLS-119hr10284ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Evidence

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Kennedy's office said Kennedy and Josh Riley introduced the Smart Meter Data Privacy Protection Act to ban utility sales of private smart-meter data.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Kennedy took concrete same-term action by joining introduction of a bill matching the promise's smart-meter privacy objective. The source says the bill limits energy-usage data to core functions such as billing, reliability, outages, and regulatory compliance, and prevents selling or sharing customer data.

partial same_term A for effort

Congressman Mike Kennedy introduces bill to ban the sale of data obtained by smart meters | Congressman Mike Kennedy
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GovInfo bill text lists Riley introducing H.R. 10284 "for himself and Mr. Kennedy of Utah" and referral to Energy and Commerce.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill text would prohibit covered utilities from using, licensing, selling, monetizing, or commercially using smart-meter personal consumption data except for authorized operational purposes. It defines those purposes as billing, outage management, electric grid reliability, regulatory compliance, and consumer-authorized demand response programs. The bill was introduced and referred, so the policy is not shown as enacted.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 10284 Introduced in House - Smart Meter Data Privacy Protection Act
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Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Kennedy took concrete same-term action toward the promise as an original cosponsor of H.R. 10284, the Smart Meter Data Privacy Protection Act, which closely matches the pledged restrictions on selling, sharing, and non-core use of smart-meter data. However, the bill has only been introduced and referred to the House Energy and Commerce Committee as of September 8, 2026, with no evidence that the federal ban has been enacted or otherwise implemented. This merits partial credit for substantive effort, not full delivery.

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