U.S. House · 119th Congress · H.R. 8568
Lowering Utility Bills Act
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.
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- Sponsor
- Greg CasarD-TX-35
- Introduced
- April 29, 2026, in the House
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Energy (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
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Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (27)
27 Democrats. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Yassamin AnsariD-AZ-3
- Valerie P. FousheeD-NC-4
- Jesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaD-IL-4
- Daniel S. GoldmanD-NY-10
- Maggie GoodlanderD-NH-2
- Al GreenD-TX-9
- Adelita S. GrijalvaD-AZ-7
- Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.D-GA-4
- John W. MannionD-NY-22
- April McClain DelaneyD-MD-6
- Christian D. MenefeeD-TX-18
- Kweisi MfumeD-MD-7
- Frank J. MrvanD-IN-1
- Eleanor Holmes NortonD-DC-AL
- Josh RileyD-NY-19
- Patrick RyanD-NY-18
- Lateefah SimonD-CA-12
- Suhas SubramanyamD-VA-10
- Shri ThanedarD-MI-13
- Rashida TlaibD-MI-12
- Bonnie Watson ColemanD-NJ-12
Signed on later
- Debbie Wasserman SchultzD-FL-25May 12, 2026
- Emily RandallD-WA-6June 3, 2026
- Maxwell FrostD-FL-10July 22, 2026
- Veronica EscobarD-TX-16August 20, 2026
- Judy ChuD-CA-28August 31, 2026
- Frederica S. WilsonD-FL-24August 31, 2026