119th (2025–2027)
H.R. 9419
The Power and Water for Families Act of 2026 makes two key changes to utility regulation and water conservation. First, it updates procedural rules so that large energy-consuming customers like data centers must pay the full cost of new infrastructure needed to serve them, applying this requirement to ongoing and future utility rate cases without being blocked by outdated timeline references. Second, the bill establishes a 30 percent tax credit for businesses that install or upgrade water recycling systems in industrial, manufacturing, data center, or food processing facilities, or that switch from freshwater to recycled municipal water, with the credit available for projects placed in service within 10 years of enactment and allowing companies to claim the credit even if they transfer the infrastructure to utilities.