S 1475 · in committee · significant
Clean Cloud Act of 2025
- climate
What this bill does
- The bill creates an emissions fee system on data centers and cryptomining facilities based on their electricity use and carbon intensity.
- Data center and cryptomining facility owners and regional electric utilities are subject to emissions fees starting in 2027.
- Collected fees fund clean energy projects and grants to reduce residential electricity costs, with emission baselines declining 11% annually until reaching zero by 2035.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would an 11% annual decline in emission baselines affect data centers and cryptominers' ability to comply, and what transition support might they need?
- 02
Which communities would benefit most from using collected fees for residential electricity cost reductions, and could this approach worsen regional inequality?
- 03
What evidence suggests that emissions fees will drive data centers toward cleaner energy faster than existing renewable energy incentives and grid modernization efforts?
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Sponsor · D-RI
Sheldon Whitehouse
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Introduced 2025-04-10
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Legislative timeline
2025-04-10 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
2025-04-10 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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