HR6098-119

What This Bill Does

The Climate Solutions Act of 2025 creates a federal climate policy package. It states findings that U.S. emissions should fall 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 and that policy should help avoid dangerous anthropogenic climate interference. It amends the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act to require a national renewable electricity standard: beginning in 2026, retail electric suppliers must meet rising renewable percentages, reaching 100 percent of retail electric energy from renewable sources by 2035 and later years. It also creates national electricity and natural gas efficiency standards with cumulative annual savings targets for retail electric and gas suppliers from 2026 through 2032 and a market-based trading system. National Academies must review progress every five years. EPA must issue regulations within seven years to implement net-emissions reduction targets and review and revise them every five years; other agencies must act on EPA recommendations within two years or explain why they will not. The bill preserves stronger State renewable and efficiency policies and defines greenhouse gases and annual net U.S. greenhouse-gas emissions for UNFCCC-style reporting.

Who Benefits and How

Renewable electricity generators benefit from a national retail electricity standard that reaches 100 percent renewable energy by 2035. Energy efficiency providers benefit from federal electricity and natural-gas savings requirements and trading systems. Consumers may benefit from lower energy waste and reduced climate-damage risk if efficiency and emissions standards work as intended. States with existing renewable or efficiency policies benefit because the bill does not preempt stronger State action. Climate scientists and congressional overseers benefit from recurring National Academies reviews of progress and needed policy changes.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Retail electric suppliers must meet renewable percentage requirements, comply with DOE rules, and potentially acquire renewable credits. Retail electric and natural gas suppliers must deliver cumulative annual energy savings or use market-based compliance tools. Fossil fuel generators and high-emitting sectors may lose market share or face tighter EPA emissions regulations. EPA, DOE, and other federal agencies must issue, review, and revise regulations and respond to recommended climate rules. National Academies reviewers must conduct recurring five-year assessments for EPA and Congress.

Key Provisions

• Sets national greenhouse-gas reduction targets tied to avoiding dangerous climate interference.
• Requires a national renewable electricity standard reaching 100 percent renewable retail electricity by 2035.
• Requires national electricity and natural-gas efficiency savings standards with market-based trading.
• Requires National Academies climate progress reviews every five years.
• Requires EPA regulations within seven years and five-year reviews to implement net-emissions targets.
• Preserves State renewable and efficiency policies that are stronger or complementary.