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The bill speeds and prioritizes interconnection for large electricity consumers that pair demand with on‑site or local zero‑emission supply — advancing clean energy deployment — but concentrates grid‑upgrade costs and regulatory burdens on a narrow set of customers and regulators, potentially deterring projects that cannot meet strict zero‑emission sourcing rules.
Large-site electricity projects and their communities (utilities, large commercial/industrial customers, urban and rural communities) will be encouraged to deploy on‑site or same‑balancing‑area zero‑emission generation and storage, supporting clean energy build‑out and local decarbonization.
Large load facilities that commit to on‑site or same‑balancing‑area zero‑emission supply and demand‑reduction will receive prioritized interconnection service, speeding their ability to connect to the grid.
State regulators and utilities are required to open and conclude proceedings quickly (start within 1 year, finish within 2), accelerating rulemaking and federal reporting on interconnection priority rules.
Large load facilities (e.g., industrial sites, data centers) will be required to bear full grid upgrade costs, substantially raising their project costs and potentially deterring investment or raising prices for their customers.
Projects that cannot secure same‑balancing‑area zero‑emission PPAs or on‑site clean generation will be disadvantaged or delayed by the prioritization rules, harming facilities that can’t meet strict sourcing requirements.
Excluding increases in demand driven by electrification or GHG‑reduction activities from eligibility creates potential for disputes over who qualifies for priority treatment, adding regulatory uncertainty.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates a new regulatory category for very large electricity customers (peak demand over 75 MW) and requires utilities to recover from that category the full cost of any grid upgrades made to serve them. It also requires utilities to give priority service to large customers that agree to use demand-reduction measures during peak periods and to meet all their onsite demand with zero-emission electricity generated onsite or procured within the same balancing authority via a power purchase agreement. State regulators and nonregulated utilities must begin considering the new standards within one year and finish determinations within two years, with required reports to congressional committees; states that recently implemented or considered comparable rules are exempted.
Introduced January 14, 2026 by Mike Levin · Last progress January 14, 2026