HR7977-119

In Committee

Energy Bills Relief Act

119th Congress Introduced Mar 18, 2026

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Energy Bills Relief Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers. The main policy domain is Energy, Trade, Government Operations.

Who Benefits and How

energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section HF779507C959A4C36BF8E3297303B6D39: 1. Short title; table of contents This Act may be cited as the Energy Bills Relief Act. The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
  • Section H948B045FE3C843C3AC4A31E5886D90BB: 101. Repealing H.R. 1 rollbacks of low-cost, clean energy tax credits Subchapter A of chapter 5 of subtitle A of title VII of Public Law 119–21 is hereby...
  • Section HABA29B99C910490F9FF0A8BA2899E9E9: 111. Reversing grant terminations for low-cost, clean energy The Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of...
  • Section H048CC02434E84117B651052F55472D19: 112. Prevention of administrative abuse of Federal permitting of low-cost, clean energy The Council on Environmental Quality, in consultation with all...
  • Section HBFC3B2FA48B540928F407EB76BC5F298: 113. Ratepayer protection against uneconomic power generation Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824a) is amended— in paragraph (1)— by...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Energy Bills Relief Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Key Policy Areas

Energy, Trade, Government Operations

Primary Purpose

This bill, Energy Bills Relief Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers.

Policy Domains

Energy Trade Government Operations

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers
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federal implementing agencies: ,
energy producers, utilities, and energy consumers: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 18, 2026

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in …

Mar 18, 2026

Introduced in House

Mar 18, 2026

Mr. Casten (for himself, Mr. Levin, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Balint, …

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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Energy Trade Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"the_commission"
→ The commission identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_labor"
→ Secretary of Labor
"secretary_of_energy"
→ Secretary of Energy
"administrator_of_fema"
→ Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
"secretary_of_education"
→ Secretary of Education
"secretary_of_agriculture"
→ Secretary of Agriculture
"secretary_of_housing_and_urban_development"
→ Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

12 terms
"eligible household" §H1BACEA022D3949918E4024A43882DEA8

that such individual or family— resides in a single-family or multi-family building

"covered procedure" §H7338399639004EF5805367554AE7EB83

a procedure to expedite the study and processing of generator interconnection requests for certain generating facilities or energy storage systems that— previously submitted such a request

"authority having jurisdiction" §H8BE3ABBBCB0B4A15A3074D461840041A

any State, county, local, or Tribal office or official with jurisdiction— to issue permits relating to qualifying distributed energy systems

"advanced transmission technology" §HA51B990B98264131B340D9270111A301

any hardware or software that— increases the capacity, efficiency, reliability, resilience, or safety of transmission facilities and transmission technologies

"community solar facility" §HB23EC6C6BE564AD0A23F84200CE9B4C0

a solar photovoltaic system that— allocates electricity to multiple electric consumers of an electric utility

"alternating current transmission facility" §HBAD8378DED8A4512977083AE34684C7E

a transmission facility that uses alternating current for the bulk transmission of electric energy. The term electric power transmission line means, as applicable— an alternating current transmission facility

"Commission" §HBF1FE4DF5ABF47A2B184E21CAA40AA00

the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The term advanced transmission technology means any hardware or software that— increases the capacity, efficiency, reliability, resilience, or safety of transmission facilities and transmission technologies

"covered utility allowance" §HC44DB3B5ECE14237B885A213F7699E54

a utility allowance— applicable to public housing dwelling units under section 3 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a)

"alternating current transmission facility" §HD25AD00D3DF34690A63415ED9528AFEC

a transmission facility that uses alternating current for the bulk transmission of electric energy. The term electric power transmission line means, as applicable— an alternating current transmission facility

"advanced transmission technology" §HDBE86FCF95ED4522BF6F0F3ED98E19E5

any hardware or software that— increases the capacity, efficiency, reliability, resilience, or safety of transmission facilities and transmission technologies

"smart grid" §HDD142C983EAD45359349D2BC922A2D1C

an intelligent electric grid that uses digital communications technology, information systems, and automation to, while maintaining high system reliability— detect and react to local changes in usage

"covered procedure" §HF9C6820B3DE04914865871E47B549F3C

a procedure to expedite the study and processing of generator interconnection requests for certain generating facilities or energy storage systems that— previously submitted such a request

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