H. R. 8568
Introduced in House · May 7, 2026April 29, 2026
Mr. Casar (for himself, Mr. Riley of New York, Mr. Ryan, Ms. Ansari, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Goldman of New York, Ms. Goodlander, Mr. Green of Texas, Mrs. Grijalva, Ms. Norton, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Mannion, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Mr. Menefee, Mr. Mfume, Mr. Mrvan, Ms. Simon, Mr. Subramanyam, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Tlaib, and Mrs. Watson Coleman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Federal Power Act and the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require investor owned electric utilities and gas utilities and transmission providers to, when establishing or calculating a return on equity, establish or calculate the return on equity at the lowest return on equity in an established range of reasonableness, and for other purposes.
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 “Lowering Utility Bills Act”.