--- title: "Constellation spent $2.42 million lobbying Washington the same month it sold Google 3,590 megawatts" description: "A $2.42 million lobbying filing landed overnight on October 21, days before Constellation's November 6 earnings, and its line items map exactly onto the rules that decide whether the hyperscaler or the ratepayer pays for the AI power build-out." publisher: "The Inference" section: "Energy" published: 2026-10-21T15:18:50.452Z modified: 2026-10-21T15:18:50.452Z canonical: https://theinference.org/article/constellation-spent-2-42-million-lobbying-washington-the-same-month-it-sold-google-3-590-megawatts language: en keywords: "Constellation Energy, Google, Nuclear, Lobbying, Data Centers, PJM" --- # Constellation spent $2.42 million lobbying Washington the same month it sold Google 3,590 megawatts > A $2.42 million lobbying filing landed overnight on October 21, days before Constellation's November 6 earnings, and its line items map exactly onto the rules that decide whether the hyperscaler or the ratepayer pays for the AI power build-out. Overnight on October 21, 2026, a [Lobbying Disclosure Act filing](https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Lobbying+Update%3A+%242%2C420%2C000+of+CONSTELLATION+ENERGY+GENERATION+LLC+lobbying+was+just+disclosed) showed [Constellation Energy](https://theinference.org/markets/companies/constellation-energy) Generation spent $2,420,000 on Washington lobbying in the third quarter, and the issue list reads like the company's own risk register: "Data Center Policy", the "Ratepayer Protection Act", "Artificial Intelligence and Energy Use", nuclear fuel policy, permitting reform, and H.R [1]. 6500, the FY2027 continuing appropriations bill now moving through Congress [1]. The filing names its lobbyists too, among them David Gilbert and Jacqueline Carney, and bills like the Efficient Nuclear Licensing Hearings Act and the Accelerating Reliable Capacity Act [1]. Two weeks earlier, on October 6, the same company had [sold Google two long-term power contracts worth 3,590 megawatts](https://theinference.org/article/three-quarters-of-google-s-3-6-gigawatt-constellation-nuclear-deal-is-power-that-already-exists) on the PJM grid [2]. ## Google gets the megawatts, the price stays secret The first contract is a [20-year power purchase agreement](https://sayer.news/article/google-signs-for-36-gigawatts-of-constellation-power-including-890-mw-of-new-nuclear-189d3a12): 890 megawatts of new nuclear capacity squeezed from uprates at 11 existing units across six sites in Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, backed by [more than $4.3 billion of Constellation investment](https://theinference.org/article/google-s-4-3-billion-nuclear-deal-adds-97-mw-at-pseg-s-salem-plant-its-stock-is-still-down-12-this-year), with first capacity by 2028 and the full 890 megawatts before the end of 2032 [2][3][5]. The second is a 15-year supply deal for 2,700 megawatts from the existing fleet [2]. Neither company disclosed pricing [2]. *Chart: **The Google fleet deal is three times the size of the nuclear uprates behind the headlines** Bars comparing the megawatt scale of Constellation's three recent long-term power contracts: the 15-year, 2,700 MW supply agreement with Google; the 20-year, 890 MW nuclear uprate agreement with Google; and the 20-year, 190 MW Calvert Cliffs expansion agreement with Amazon.* *Contract capacity in megawatts as announced. Three separate deals, not one program. Sources: Sayer (12 Oct. 2026); Utility Dive (6 Oct. 2026); ad-hoc-news.de (19 Oct. 2026). [2][5][4]* ## The bills Constellation is watching decide who pays Whether the $4.3 billion works as advertised only holds if Google, not ratepayers, pays for it into the contract price; that rule is still unwritten [6][7]. The Ratepayer Protection Act, which would have made large users pay the full incremental cost of grid upgrades, passed the House 417 to 3 but [failed a Senate procedural vote 57 to 43 on September 30](https://rollcall.com/2026/09/17/ratepayer-bill-aimed-at-data-center-buildout-blocked-in-senate/) [6][7]. *Chart: **The Ratepayer Protection Act passed the House 417 to 3, then died 57 to 43 in the Senate** Column chart comparing votes for and against the Ratepayer Protection Act in the House and the Senate* *Votes in favor and against the Ratepayer Protection Act by chamber. The House passed it 417 to 3; the Senate's September 30 procedural vote failed 57 to 43. Sources: Roll Call (17 Sep. 2026); EarthTimes (10 Oct. 2026). [6][7]* PJM's "Bring Your Own Power" proposal, which pushes large data center developers to fund their own capacity, is exactly the framework Constellation says the [Google](https://theinference.org/markets/companies/alphabet) deal answers, "funded by private entities" [5]. The lobbying file names the fights but not the position; the position is the money. ## What the November 6 print must show Constellation reports third-quarter results on November 6 [4]. Watch uprate capital expenditure, its recovery terms, and any pricing disclosure. Until then, the contracts are signed and the cost-allocation rules are still being lobbied. Investors can dig deeper below. ## Takeaway Constellation disclosed $2.42 million of Q3 lobbying on the same rules that decide who pays for the AI power build-out, two weeks after selling Google 3,590 megawatts of long-term PJM power with no pricing disclosed; the November 6 print is the first check on whether the $4.3 billion uprate program holds up. ## Sources 1. [Quiver Quantitative, Lobbying Update: $2,420,000 of Constellation Energy Generation LLC lobbying was just disclosed, 21 October 2026](https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Lobbying+Update%3A+%242%2C420%2C000+of+CONSTELLATION+ENERGY+GENERATION+LLC+lobbying+was+just+disclosed) 2. [Sayer, Google signs for 3.6 gigawatts of Constellation power, including 890 MW of new nuclear, 12 October 2026](https://sayer.news/article/google-signs-for-36-gigawatts-of-constellation-power-including-890-mw-of-new-nuclear-189d3a12) 3. [ETDatacenters, Google, Constellation sign 20-year nuclear power PPA for PJM grid, 13 October 2026](https://datacenters.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/energy-cooling-sustainability/google-constellation-sign-20-year-nuclear-power-ppa-for-pjm-grid/134908790) 4. [ad-hoc-news.de, Constellation sells Brazos Valley plant as Constellation Energy stock costs EUR 244.95, 19 October 2026](https://www.ad-hoc-news.de/boerse/news/corporate-news/constellation-sells-brazos-valley-plant-as-constellation-energy-stock-costs-eur-244-95/70359796) 5. [Utility Dive, Constellation, Google strike 890-MW nuclear deal in PJM, 6 October 2026](https://www.utilitydive.com/news/constellation-google-deal-will-bring-890-mw-of-new-nuclear-to-pjm/832223/) 6. [Roll Call, Ratepayer bill aimed at data center buildout blocked in Senate, 17 September 2026](https://rollcall.com/2026/09/17/ratepayer-bill-aimed-at-data-center-buildout-blocked-in-senate/) 7. [EarthTimes, Ratepayer Protection Act Rejection Raises Cost Questions, 10 October 2026](https://earthtimes.org/ratepayer-protection-act-rejection-raises-cost/) --- Constellation spent $2.42 million lobbying Washington the same month it sold Google 3,590 megawatts — The Inference. Canonical: https://theinference.org/article/constellation-spent-2-42-million-lobbying-washington-the-same-month-it-sold-google-3-590-megawatts