H.R. 8948

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8948 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8948

To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require 
States to consider measures that limit the amount of retail utility 
rate increases an electric utility can request to once every 365 days.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 20, 2026

Mr. Vindman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Energy and Commerce

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A BILL

To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require 
States to consider measures that limit the amount of retail utility 
rate increases an electric utility can request to once every 365 days.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Home Energy Affordability Act''.

SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION OF MEASURES TO CAP RETAIL UTILITY RATE INCREASES 
TO ONCE A YEAR.

Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(22) Cap on retail utility rate increases to once a 
year.--A State regulated electric utility may only file a 
request to increase a rate with the State regulatory authority 
once every 365 days.''.
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