,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #fhd #aaith         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #icdj
  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the        
,,united ,,states  ,september #ag1      
#bjbf,received  ,september #bc1         
#bjbf,read the first time  ,september   
#bd1 #bjbf,read the second time and     
placed on the calendar  ,,an ,,act  ,to 
amend the ,public ,utility ,regulatory  
,policies ,act of #aigh to establish a  
,federal standard relating to the       
recovery of the full1 incremental costs 
of upgrades that serve large-load       
customers1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,ratepayer ,protection ,act4  #b4   
,federal standard relating to large-load
 customers  7a7 ,federal standard       
relating to large-load customers        
,section #aaa7;d7 of the ,public        
,utility ,regulatory ,policies ,act of  
#aigh 7#af ,u4,s4,c4 #bfba7;d77 is      
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7#bb7 ,standards for        
large-load customers  7,a7 ,recovery of 

full1 incremental cost of upgrades ,a   
rate charged1 or entered into1 by an    
electric utility for providing electric 
service to a large-load customer shall  
be designed to recover from the         
large-load customer the full1           
incremental cost of any generation1     
transmission1 or distribution upgrade   
necessary to serve the load of such     
large-load customer1 including in the   
event of such large-load customer       
terminating a contract or other         
agreement with the electric utility     
pertaining to the sale of electric      
energy1 or otherwise ceasing the        
purchase of electric energy from the    
electric utility4  7,b7 ,financial      
assurances and contributions ,before    
making any generation1 transmission1 or 
distribution upgrade that is necessary  
to serve the load of a large-load       
customer1 an electric utility shall     
require the large-load customer provide 
to the electric utility financial       
assurances or contributions to cover the

 cost of such upgrade4  7,c7 ,large-load
 customer defined ,in this paragraph1   
the term large-load customer means a    
non-residential electric consumer that1 
on or after the date of the enactment of
 this paragraph1 requests to enter into1
 or enters into1 a contract or other    
agreement pertaining to the sale of     
electric energy for one or more         
facilities that-- 7i7 require electric  
energy primarily to operate information 
technology infrastructure and related   
systems pertaining to data storage and  
computational applications and services2
 and  7ii7 have1 in the aggregate1 a    
peak electric demand of #ajj megawatts  
or more at a single site or campus4  4  
7b7 ,conforming amendments  7#a7        
,obligations to consider and determine  
,section #aab of the ,public ,utility   
,regulatory ,policies ,act of #aigh 7#af
 ,u4,s4,c4 #bfbb7 is amended-- 7,a7 in  
subsection 7b71 by adding at the end the
 following3  7#i7 7,a7 ,not later than  
#a year after the date of enactment of  

this paragraph1 each ,state regulatory  
authority 7with respect to each electric
 utility for which the ,state has       
ratemaking authority7 and each          
nonregulated electric utility shall     
commence consideration under section    
#aaa1 or set a hearing date for         
consideration1 with respect to the      
standard established by paragraph 7#bb7 
of section #aaa7;d74  7,b7 ,not later   
than #b years after the date of         
enactment of this paragraph1 each ,state
 regulatory authority 7with respect to  
each electric utility for which the     
,state has ratemaking authority7 and    
each nonregulated electric utility shall
 complete the consideration and make the
 determination under section #aaa with  
respect to the standard established by  
paragraph 7#bb7 of section #aaa7;d74  2 
7,b7 in subsection 7c7-- 7i7 by striking
 subsection 7b77#b7 and inserting       
subsection 7b72 and  7ii7 by inserting  
,in the case of the standard established
 by paragraph 7#bb7 of section #aaa7;d71

 the reference contained in this        
subsection to the date of enactment of  
this ,act shall be deemed to be a       
reference to the date of enactment of   
that paragraph 7#bb74 after paragraph   
7#ba742 and  7,c7 by adding at the end  
the following3  7i7 ,other prior state  
actions ,subsections 7b7 and 7c7 shall  
not apply to the standard established by
 paragraph 7#bb7 of section #aaa7;d7 in 
the case of any electric utility in a   
,state if1 before the date of enactment 
of this subsection-- 7#a7 the ,state has
 implemented for the electric utility   
the standard 7or a comparable standard72
  7#b7 the ,state regulatory authority  
for the ,state or the relevant          
nonregulated electric utility has       
conducted a proceeding to consider      
implementation of the standard 7or a    
comparable standard7 for the electric   
utility2 or  7#c7 the ,state legislature
 has voted on the implementation of the 
standard 7or a comparable standard7 for 
the electric utility4  4  7#b7 ,prior   

and pending proceedings ,section #abd of
 the ,public ,utility ,regulatory       
,policies ,act of #aigh 7#af ,u4,s4,c4  
#bfcd7 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3 ,in the case of the      
standard established by paragraph 7#bb7 
of section #aaa7;d71 the reference      
contained in this section to the date of
 enactment of this ,act shall be deemed 
to be a reference to the date of        
enactment of that paragraph 7#bb744     
,passed the ,house of ,representatives  
,september #af1 #bjbf4,kevin ,f4        
,mc,cumber1,clerk4  ,september #bd1     
#bjbf,read the second time and placed on
 the calendar