Power for the People Act of 2026
Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.
Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a compliance mandate, product standard, liability shield provision: 2, expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3, and reduces a compliance mandate, product standard, liability shield provision: 4. Data center load queues. It relies on compliance mandates, appropriations, product standards, and liability protections. The main policy areas are Energy and Healthcare.
Who Benefits and How
The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.
Who Bears the Burden and How
No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.
Key Provisions
- Expands a compliance mandate, product standard, liability shield provision: 2.
- Expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3.
- Reduces a compliance mandate, product standard, liability shield provision: 4. Data center load queues.
- Adds or tightens a compliance mandate, tariff, definition change provision: 5. Local transmission cost allocation.
- Expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 6. Data center-specific rate classes Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)) is amended by adding...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill expands a compliance mandate, product standard, liability shield provision: 2, expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3, and reduces a compliance mandate, product standard, liability shield provision: 4. Data center load queues.
Key Policy Areas
Energy, Healthcare
Primary Purpose
The bill expands a compliance mandate, product standard, liability shield provision: 2, expands a appropriation, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 3, and reduces a compliance mandate, product standard, liability shield provision: 4. Data center load queues.
Policy Domains
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and …
Introduced in Senate
Mr. Van Hollen (for himself, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_labor"
- → Secretary of Labor
- "secretary_of_energy"
- → Secretary of Energy
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
an apprenticeship program registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the National Apprenticeship Act) (50 Stat. 664, chapter 663
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