Electricity Rates: Consumer Affordability Rules
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While popular with voters, this bill faces strong opposition from utility companies and has not yet gained bipartisan support in a divided Senate.
Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
Farms and ranches that rely on electricity for irrigation, cold storage, and equipment could be shielded from steep rate increases passed down from wholesale power markets, though the effect depends on how much of their local utility's costs trace back to FERC-regulated rates.
“consider whether the rate or charge is likely to result in retail electricity prices that are unaffordable for electric consumers”
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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Introduced in Senate
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Affordable Electricity Rates Act of 2026
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