119th Congress
H.R. 8568
Lowering Utility Bills Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Greg Casar(D-TX)
- Introduced
- Apr 29, 2026
- Policy area
- Energy
- Committees
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Official text
- Introduced in House · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (27)
Original cosponsors (21)
- Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Al Green (D-TX)
- April McClain Delaney (D-MD)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Christian D. Menefee (D-TX)
- Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY)
- Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
- Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN)
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA)
- Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL)
- John W. Mannion (D-NY)
- Josh Riley (D-NY)
- Kweisi Mfume (D-MD)
- Lateefah Simon (D-CA)
- Maggie Goodlander (D-NH)
- Patrick Ryan (D-NY)
- Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)
- Shri Thanedar (D-MI)
- Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA)
- Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC)
- Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ)
Added later (6)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) · May 12, 2026
- Emily Randall (D-WA) · Jun 3, 2026
- Maxwell Frost (D-FL) · Jul 22, 2026
- Veronica Escobar (D-TX) · Aug 20, 2026
- Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL) · Aug 31, 2026
- Judy Chu (D-CA) · Aug 31, 2026
Summary
No Congressional Research Service summary yet. CRS usually publishes one a few weeks after a bill is introduced.
Official title: 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.
Latest action(Apr 29, 2026): Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Apr 29, 2026 · House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. - Apr 29, 2026
Introduced in House