# H.R. 9340 (119th): A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.

A bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal standard relating to the recovery of the full, incremental costs of upgrades that serve large-load customers, and for other purposes.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: data_centers. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: energy_regulation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: ratepayer_protection. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: regulation. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: utilities. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 312: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Vote type: final_passage.
Roll 254: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 9340. Vote type: cloture.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is a prudential utility-rate measure. Its stated aim of making large-load customers bear their own upgrade costs and protecting ordinary ratepayers from cost-shifting is a legitimate good of fair dealing. The concerns are ordinary ones: how much federal direction of state regulators is appropriate, how the standard would work in practice, and the economic effects on data-center development. No direct moral harm is advanced or restrained.
Theological note: The measure bears on whether the costs of a powerful commercial enterprise are fairly borne rather than shifted onto ordinary households, which touches Scripture's concern for just weights and honest dealing (Deuteronomy 25:13-15) and warnings against defrauding others of their due (James 5:4). It is a question of fair cost allocation, not a direct question of a named moral evil.

## Recorded votes

Roll 312: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended. Yea 417 · Nay 3 · Other 12.
Roll 254: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 9340. Yea 57 · Nay 43 · Other 0.

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