H.R. 7066, the SHIELD Act, was introduced by Rep. Mike Levin on 2026-01-14... The bill text targets large load facilities and electricity cost allocation
Sponsor the SHIELD Act to target large load facilities and electricity cost allocation.
Occurrences
Ensuring that facilities like data centers are paying for their own costs because it’s not fair for their expenses to be pushed onto your household if one opens in your area
Reps. Mike Levin (CA-49) and Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) introduced the Stopping Hikes In Electricity from Large Load Demands (SHIELD) Act, a new bill to protect families and small businesses from rising electricity bills driven by the explosive growth of data centers nationwide and other large energy users.
The SHIELD Act would update federal utility policy to ensure that massive electricity users, rather than everyday ratepayers, bear the costs of the grid infrastructure they require, while incentivizing large energy consumption facilities to power their operations with zero-emission electricity.
The SHIELD Act would amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act to direct state Public Utilities Commissions (PUCs) to consider implementing two new federal standards related to large load facilities to ensure that residential customers don’t have to subsidize energy costs for these facilities and that they are powered by zero emission electricity.
Ensuring that facilities like data centers are paying for their own costs because it’s not fair for their expenses to be pushed onto your household if one opens in your area
Evidence
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Sponsor: Rep. Levin, Mike [D-CA-49] (Introduced 01/14/2026). Committees: House - Energy and Commerce. Latest Action: House - 01/14/2026 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Tracker: This bill has the status Introduced.
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In the House of Representatives, January 14, 2026, Mr. Levin (for himself, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. Latimer, Mr. Casten, and Ms. Pingree) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. The bill is titled the “Stopping Hikes In Electricity from Large Load Demands Act” or the “SHIELD Act.” Section 2 adds PURPA standards for large load facilities.
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Today, Reps. Mike Levin (CA-49) and Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) introduced the Stopping Hikes In Electricity from Large Load Demands (SHIELD) Act... The SHIELD Act would update federal utility policy to ensure that massive electricity users, rather than everyday ratepayers, bear the costs of the grid infrastructure they require, while incentivizing large energy consumption facilities to power their operations with zero-emission electricity.
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GovInfo's introduced bill text identifies H.R. 7066 as the SHIELD Act, says Levin introduced it on January 14, 2026, and adds PURPA standards for large load facilities, including classifying them as electric consumers and recovering grid-upgrade costs from that class.
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Levin's office announced that he and Rep. Kathy Castor introduced the SHIELD Act to protect consumers from electricity bill increases tied to data centers and other large energy users by making massive users bear grid-infrastructure costs.
Assessments
The promise was specifically to sponsor the SHIELD Act, not necessarily to enact it. Official bill records and Levin's office confirm that Rep. Mike Levin introduced/sponsored H.R. 7066, the SHIELD Act, on January 14, 2026, and the bill directly addresses large load facilities, data centers, ratepayer protection, and allocation of grid upgrade costs to large electricity users. That satisfies the promised sponsorship action during the same federal term.
Levin is named as a sponsor on H.R. 7066, the SHIELD Act, and the bill text matches the claimed policy aim of targeting large load facilities and electricity cost allocation. The promise was to sponsor the bill, not necessarily to enact it, so the sponsorship itself fulfills the commitment in the same term.
The promise was to sponsor the SHIELD Act targeting large load facilities and electricity cost allocation. The evidence shows Mike Levin formally introduced H.R. 7066, the SHIELD Act, on January 14, 2026, and the bill text directly addresses large load facilities and related cost-allocation standards. Because the claim is about sponsoring the bill rather than passing it into law, this action fulfills the promise in the same term.