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Introduced January 14, 2026 by Mike Levin · Last progress January 14, 2026
The bill speeds and clarifies priority access and interconnection for large electricity users that adopt onsite or same‑BA zero‑emission supply—advancing clean energy deployment and regulatory clarity—but does so by shifting upgrade costs onto those customers and adding location and administrative constraints that could raise costs, deter investment, and disadvantage facilities in some areas.
Large electricity customers (industrial/commercial 'large load' facilities) that commit to demand reduction and onsite or same‑BA zero‑emission supply will receive prioritized interconnection and service, reducing project delays and speeding deployment of storage, energy efficiency, and clean generation which facilitates cleaner procurement.
State regulators and utilities get clearer statutory definitions of 'zero‑emission' and 'large load', enabling more consistent, predictable application of rules across jurisdictions.
Large load customers will be required to fully cover network upgrade costs, concentrating financial risk on that customer class — raising electricity costs for those customers (and potentially consumers), discouraging new industrial investment, and risking plant closures or relocations.
Prioritization tied to procuring onsite or same‑BA zero‑emission generation (e.g., PPAs) may be infeasible in areas lacking viable clean resources or markets, disadvantaging facilities in rural or resource‑constrained regions and effectively limiting access to priority service.
The bill imposes new deadlines and reporting duties on state regulators and nonregulated utilities, increasing administrative burden and potentially accelerating proceedings in ways that limit stakeholder participation.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Designates >75 MW 'large load' customers to bear full upgrade costs and gives priority service to those that adopt peak demand reductions and full onsite/BA‑matched zero‑emission supply via PPA.
Creates a new regulatory class called “large load facilities” (peak demand over 75 MW) and requires electric utilities to fully recover from that class any costs of generation, transmission, or distribution upgrades made to meet its demand — even if the large load later reduces consumption or shuts down. It also requires utilities to prioritize service requests from large loads that both commit to demand-reducing measures at peak times (efficiency, storage, demand response) and secure onsite or balancing-authority-matched zero‑emission power for all their demand via purchase agreement. States and nonregulated utilities must begin considering these new standards within 1 year of enactment and complete consideration within 2 years, with a required report to congressional energy committees shortly after their determinations; states that recently adopted comparable rules are exempt from the timing requirements.