S 8540 — Establishes the "accountability of costs for data centers act"
Congress · introduced 2025-10-22
Establishes the "accountability of costs for data centers act"; requires each electric corporation, gas corporation and municipality to establish an independent classification of service for large energy use facilities that is separate and distinct from other classifications of service; authorizes the department of public service to develop financial surety requirements.
Latest action: 2026-01-07 — IN_SENATE_COMM
Sponsors
- Kristen Gonzalez (—, NY-59) — sponsor · 2025-10-22
- Liz Krueger (—, NY-28) — cosponsor · 2025-10-22
- Toby Ann Stavisky (—, NY-11) — cosponsor · 2025-10-22
Action timeline
- · senate — REFERRED TO RULES
- · senate — REFERRED TO ENERGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Inbound (3)
| date | from | type | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-22 | Liz Krueger | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-10-22 | Toby Ann Stavisky | cosponsor_of_bill | — | cosponsor | sponsorship |
| 2025-10-22 | Kristen Gonzalez | sponsor_of_bill | — | sponsor | sponsorship |
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kristen Gonzalez (—, state_upper NY-59) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Liz Krueger (—, state_upper NY-28) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Toby Ann Stavisky (—, state_upper NY-11) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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- 2025-10-22 · cosponsored by Liz Krueger (cosponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-10-22 · sponsored by Kristen Gonzalez (sponsor) · sponsorship
- 2025-10-22 · cosponsored by Toby Ann Stavisky (cosponsor) · sponsorship