H.R. 8241 119th Congress House

Power for the People Act of 2026

Official title: To promote the creation of data center load queues and data center-specific rate classes to mitigate the impact of data centers on other electricity consumers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 9, 2026 Introduced by: Paul Tonko Democratic · New York See on congress.gov

Energy

Everywhere this bill has been 2 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Apr 9, 2026

Introduced in House

Apr 9, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Ask about this bill AI · grounded in the bill text

Have a question about what this bill does? Ask in plain English; the answer is drawn from the bill's actual text and official record, and it'll tell you when something isn't in the text rather than guess.

AI answers can be imperfect; always confirm against the full bill text.

What's happening now April 9, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Related & companion bills 1

Bill text 1 version

Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

Committees of jurisdiction 1

Energy and Commerce Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 2

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

SIERRA CLUB
for SIERRA CLUB · California · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
SIERRA CLUB
for SIERRA CLUB · California · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2 filings
SENATE
2 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
1 filing

A filing lists the bills it worked on and the parts of government it contacted in separate sections, so these are the bodies those filers named anywhere in the filing, not a per-bill breakdown.

Cosponsors 27

Dean, Madeleine

Pennsylvania · Sep 16, 2026

Pettersen, Brittany

Colorado · Sep 1, 2026

McDonald Rivet, Kristen

Michigan · Aug 27, 2026

Underwood, Lauren

Illinois · Jul 22, 2026

Levin, Mike

California · Jun 18, 2026

Pingree, Chellie

Maine · Apr 30, 2026

Balint, Becca

Vermont · Apr 27, 2026

DeSaulnier, Mark

California · Apr 22, 2026

Escobar, Veronica

Texas · Apr 21, 2026

Latimer, George

New York · Apr 20, 2026

McCollum, Betty

Minnesota · Apr 20, 2026

Castor, Kathy

Florida · Apr 9, 2026

Cohen, Steve

Tennessee · Apr 9, 2026

Dexter, Maxine

Oregon · Apr 9, 2026

Elfreth, Sarah

Maryland · Apr 9, 2026

Foushee, Valerie P.

North Carolina · Apr 9, 2026

Garamendi, John

California · Apr 9, 2026

Goldman, Daniel S.

New York · Apr 9, 2026

Ivey, Glenn

Maryland · Apr 9, 2026

Lynch, Stephen F.

Massachusetts · Apr 9, 2026

McClain Delaney, April

Maryland · Apr 9, 2026

McClellan, Jennifer L.

Virginia · Apr 9, 2026

Mfume, Kweisi

Maryland · Apr 9, 2026

Norton, Eleanor Holmes

District of Columbia · Apr 9, 2026

Olszewski, Johnny

Maryland · Apr 9, 2026

Quigley, Mike

Illinois · Apr 9, 2026

Schakowsky, Janice D.

Illinois · Apr 9, 2026

Cite this page click to expand

APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8241: Power for the People Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8241/

MLA

"H.R. 8241: Power for the People Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8241/.

Bluebook (legal)

H.R. 8241, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8241/.

Markdown link

[H.R. 8241: Power for the People Act of 2026](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8241/)