H.R. 6529

Summary

H.R. 6529, the Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act, was introduced in the House on Dec 9, 2025 by Rep. Greg Landsman (D) with 23 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Jul 21, 2026: Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.

Record

Text

H.R. 6529 has 23 co-sponsors.

119 HR 6529 IH: Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-12-09
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 6529  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   December 9, 2025   Mr. Landsman  (for himself,  Mr. Beyer ,  Ms. Norton ,  Mr. Levin , and  Mr. Tonko ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to hold a technical conference on protecting residential ratepayers from increased costs associated with large loads, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act  .
2.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission technical conference on increased costs associated with large loads
(a)
In general
Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall hold a Commissioner-led technical conference with representatives from the Department of Energy, public utilities, transmission providers, State regulators, ratepayer advocates, large loads (including data centers used for artificial intelligence models), and such other participants as the Commission determines appropriate, on strategies and rate structures for protecting residential and small commercial ratepayers from increased costs associated with large loads.
(b)
Report
Not later than 180 days after the date on which the technical conference under subsection (a) concludes, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission shall submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a report containing recommendations and best practices resulting from such technical conference.

Tracker

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To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to hold a technical conference on protecting residential ratepayers from increased costs associated with large loads, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Rep. Greg Landsman (D) sponsors H.R. 6529, and 23 members have co-sponsored it, 4 of them from the day it was introduced.

Greg Landsman

Rep. · D–OH-1 · Sponsor

Introduced Dec 9, 2025

Eleanor Norton

Rep. · D–DC-0 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 9, 2025 · Original

Don Beyer

Rep. · D–VA-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 9, 2025 · Original

Mike Levin

Rep. · D–CA-49 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 9, 2025 · Original

Paul Tonko

Rep. · D–NY-20 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 9, 2025 · Original

Dwight Evans

Rep. · D–PA-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 10, 2025

Mike Quigley

Rep. · D–IL-5 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 10, 2025

Shri Thanedar

Rep. · D–MI-13 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 16, 2025

Steve Cohen

Rep. · D–TN-9 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 17, 2025

Christopher Deluzio

Rep. · D–PA-17 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 17, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 6529 went before 2 committees: Energy and Commerce and Energy Subcommittee.

Energy and Commerce

Energy and Commerce

Markup By · Jul 21, 2026 · 1,636 Bills

Energy Subcommittee

Energy Subcommittee

Reported by · Jun 24, 2026

Actions

H.R. 6529 has taken 8 actions since Dec 9, 2025, the latest on Jul 21, 2026.

Votes

H.R. 6529 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 6529 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act — Display Title
• Protecting Families from AI Data Center Energy Costs Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to hold a technical conference on protecting residential ratepayers from increased costs associated with large loads, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

9 clients hired 8 firms and 51 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6529 in 15 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Energy/Nuclear, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Budget/Appropriations, Telecommunications, Environment/Superfund, Homeland Security, Transportation, Trade (domestic/foreign).

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 51.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6529 under Energy, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 7 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6529’s is Energy.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 6529 carries 7 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Administrative law and regulatory procedures to Public utilities and utility rates.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 6529, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 207 (Tuesday, December 9, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LANDSMAN:H.R. 6529.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I Section VIIII[Page H5112]

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com