H.R. 10102, Excise Tax with Public Reinvestment. Quorum's AI analysis reads it as a trade-off: gains for some, costs for others.
H.R. 10102 · Mixed
What it does
This bill imposes a 1-cent-per-kilowatt-hour federal excise tax on electricity consumed by data centers with peak power loads exceeding 1 megawatt. The tax revenue is split five ways: 20% each to the Land and Water Conservation Fund, Housing Trust Fund, Hazardous Substance Superfund, Highway Trust Fund, and a new Energy Technology Trust Fund (which funds energy-policy loan guarantees). Data center operators bear the tax cost; the public receives reinvestment in conservation, housing, infrastructure, and clean-energy financing.
The analysis names renewable energy developers (via Energy Technology Trust Fund loan guarantees) — and 4 more groups — among the beneficiaries.
The trade-off
Tax incidence will likely shift to end-users (cloud-service subscribers, streaming consumers, enterprise software users) through higher service fees, making the tax regressive across income groups.
Transparency scores 75%, with a medium warning level and no provisions unrelated to the bill's subject.
Who is behind it
Filed by Andrea Salinas.
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