National tracker
Legislation tracker
The bills, utility-commission proceedings and local ordinances that decide where battery storage and data centers can be built, and what they must do to operate.
Each entry names the public record it rests on, so you can read it at the source. A status is what the record says today — not a prediction.
2 entries
1 enacted · 2 tied to a tracked project
- In committee Legislation
S. 4812 / H.R. 8910: Ratepayer Protection Act of 2026
U.S. Congress · US · 119th Congress
Ensures that high-demand industrial utility customers, including AI data centers and large-scale battery storage facilities, pay their own grid interconnection and transmission upgrade costs without shifting financial burdens onto residential electric ratepayers.
- Last action
- Referred to Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (2026-07-28)
- Projects
- 1 tracked project
- data center
- ratepayer rates
- grid capacity
- tax incentive
- Enacted Ordinance
Ordinance 2026-08: City of Westfield 12-Month Temporary Moratorium on Hyperscale Data Centers and Commercial BESS
Westfield City Council · MA · 2026
Enacts a 365-day temporary moratorium on the acceptance, review, and permitting of new hyperscale data centers and commercial battery storage facilities citywide to allow the planning board to update municipal zoning codes.
- Last action
- Passed Unanimously by City Council (2026-07-06)
- Projects
- 1 tracked project
- moratorium
- data center
- bess
- siting authority
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