,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fihc  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #h1         
#bjbf,mr4 ,menendez 7for himself and    
,mr4 ,casar7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,energy and ,commerce  ,a 
,,bill  ,to require data centers to     
generate electricity1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,preventing ,rate   
,inflation in ,consumer ,energy ,act or 
the ,,price ,act4  #b4 ,requirement for 
data centers to generate electricity    
7a7 ,requirement ,each data center      
located in the ,united ,states shall    
generate all of the electricity the data
 center consumes each year4  7b7 ,use of
 clean energy sources  7#a7 #ge percent 
,during the period beginning on ,january
 #a1 #bjce1 and ending on the date      
described in paragraph 7#b71 not less   
than #ge percent of the electricity     
generated by a data center for purposes 
of subsection 7a7 shall be from a clean 

energy source4  7#b7 #ajj percent       
,beginning on ,january #a1 #bjdj1 #ajj  
percent of the electricity generated by 
a data center for purposes of subsection
 7a7 shall be from a clean energy       
source4  7c7 ,enforcement  7#a7 ,civil  
penalty ,any data center that violates  
any provision of this section shall be  
subject to a civil penalty of not more  
than #ajj1jjj per day until the         
violation is rectified4  7#b7           
,establishment of administrative process
 ,not later than #cj days after the date
 of enactment of this ,act1 the         
,secretary of ,energy shall establish an
 administrative process for the issuance
 of civil penalties for violations of   
this section4  7d7 ,definitions ,in this
 section3 7#a7 ,clean energy source ,the
 term clean energy source includes a    
solar1 wind1 battery1 green hydrogen1   
hydropower1 and geothermal source4  7#b7
 ,data center ,the term data center     
means a facility that-- 7,a7 is         
described in section #dec7;a77#a7 of the

 ,energy ,independence and ,security    
,act of #bjjg 7#db ,u4,s4,c4            
#agaab7;a77#a772 and  7,b7 consumes at  
least #ej megawatts each day4