H.R. 10284, Consumer Data Privacy Protection. Quorum's AI analysis reads it as a net benefit — and names who gains.
H.R. 10284 · Net good
What it does
This bill prohibits state-regulated electric utilities that are not wholly U.S.-owned from selling, licensing, or monetizing smart meter data (detailed records of when and how much electricity customers use) unless the use is for essential grid operations like billing or outage management. Utilities must report annually to the FTC on what data they collect and how they use it. If a utility violates the rule, it must credit the affected customer's bill 3× the revenue it made from misusing their data. The FTC and state attorneys general can enforce the rule, and states can impose even stricter protections.
The analysis did not isolate a single beneficiary class.
The trade-off
The restriction applies only to state-regulated utilities 'not wholly owned by United States persons'—this carve-out may exempt many large domestic utilities and primarily target foreign-owned or partially foreign-owned operators, narrowing the bill's practical scope.
Transparency scores 85%, with a medium warning level and no provisions unrelated to the bill's subject.
Who is behind it
Filed by Josh Riley. Cosponsored by Mike Kennedy.