H.R.7977

H. R. 7977

March 18, 2026

Mr. Casten (for himself, Mr. Levin, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Bell, Mr. Beyer, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Bynum, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. Carson, Mr. Case, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mrs. Cherfilus-McCormick, Ms. Chu, Mr. Cisneros, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Craig, Ms. Dean of Pennsylvania, Ms. DelBene, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Dexter, Mrs. Dingell, Mr. Doggett, Ms. Elfreth, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Evans of Pennsylvania, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Frost, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mrs. Grijalva, Mr. Hernández, Mr. Horsford, Ms. Hoyle of Oregon, Mr. Huffman, Ms. Jacobs, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Latimer, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Ms. Lee of Nevada, Ms. Leger Fernandez, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Magaziner, Mr. Mannion, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McBride, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. McClellan, Ms. McCollum, Ms. McDonald Rivet, Mr. McGarvey, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Menefee, Ms. Meng, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Min, Mr. Morelle, Ms. Morrison, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Mrvan, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Norton, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Olszewski, Ms. Omar, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Quigley, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Rivas, Ms. Ross, Mr. Ruiz, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Scholten, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Ms. Simon, Mr. Smith of Washington, Mr. Sorensen, Ms. Stansbury, Mr. Stanton, Ms. Stevens, Mr. Subramanyam, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thanedar, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Titus, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Mr. Torres of New York, Mrs. Trahan, Mr. Tran, Ms. Underwood, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Vasquez, Mr. Vindman, Mr. Walkinshaw, Ms. Waters, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Whitesides, and Ms. Wilson of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means, Natural Resources, Financial Services, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and Workforce, Oversight and Government Reform, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To provide relief from high energy bills, and for other purposes.

1. Short title; table of contents; TITLE I—REVERSING ATTACKS ON LOW-COST, CLEAN ENERGY; 101. Repealing H.R. 1 rollbacks of low-cost, clean energy tax credits; 111. Reversing grant terminations for low-cost, clean energy; 112. Prevention of administrative abuse of Federal permitting of low-cost, clean energy; 113. Ratepayer protection against uneconomic power generation; TITLE II—CUTTING ENERGY BILLS FOR AMERICAN FAMILIES; 201. Lowering household heating and cooling bills; 202. Home weatherization; 203. Reflective roofing; 204. Domestic natural gas price protection; 205. Rural energy savings; TITLE III—UNCLOGGING THE LOW-COST, CLEAN ENERGY BOTTLENECK; 301. Expedited generator interconnection; 302. Advanced transmission technologies; 303. Electricity transformers; 304. Streamlining permitting of distributed energy; 305. Community solar; 306. Low-cost, clean energy in United States territories; TITLE IV—BUILDING OUT A 21ST CENTURY ELECTRICITY GRID; 401. Definitions; 402. Interregional electric transmission planning; 403. Allocation of costs of electric transmission facilities of national significance; 404. Minimum interregional transfer capability; 405. Increased FERC transmission siting authority; 406. Prohibiting expensive, unjust queue jumping; 411. Transmission investment tax credit; 412. Reduced wildfire risks to the grid; 421. FERC staffing; 422. FERC fee assessments; 423. State public utility commission capacity grants; 424. Independent transmission monitors; 425. Aggregator bidding into organized wholesale electric markets; 426. RTO and ISO governance and participation; 427. Modernized grid data and analytics; TITLE V—DEPLOYING LOW-COST, CLEAN ENERGY RESPONSIBLY ON PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS; 501. Public land renewable energy development; 502. Geothermal cost recovery; 503. Geothermal Gold Book development; 511. Responsible development of offshore renewable energy; 512. Compensation for offshore renewable energy projects; 513. Interoperability of offshore electric transmission infrastructure; TITLE VI—PROTECTING CONSUMERS IN ELECTRICITY REGULATION; 601. Utility earnings tied to ratepayer benefits; 602. Consumer protection from energy market manipulation; 603. Avoiding cost shifts onto families; 604. True costs and value of energy for economic and public benefit; 605. Grid performance disclosure; TITLE VII—COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITIES FOR SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT; 701. Federal permitting capacity; 702. Interagency environmental data system; 703. Timely public release of NEPA documentation; 704. Community benefits agreements; 705. Intervenor funding at FERC Office of Public Participation; 706. Senior community engagement officers and Tribal community engagement officers; 707. Capacity grants for permitting and community engagement