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S. 1363 113th Congress Senate

Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013

Official title: A bill to protect consumers by prohibiting the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating as final certain energy-related rules tha… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to protect consumers by prohibiting the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating as final certain energy-related rules that are estimated to cost more than $1,000,000,000 and will cause significant adverse effects to the economy.

Introduced: July 25, 2013 See on congress.gov
Environmental Protection Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCongressional oversightEconomic performance and conditionsElectric power generation and transmission
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Energy pricesEnergy storage, supplies, demandEnvironmental Protection Agency (EPA)Environmental regulatory proceduresGeneral energy mattersGovernment studies and investigationsPublic utilities and utility rates
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jul 25, 2013
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 Latest action July 25, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013 - Prohibits the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from promulgating a final rule that regulates any aspect of the production, supply, distribution, or use of energy (or that provides for such regulation by state or local governments) and that is estimated by the Administrator or the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to impose aggregate costs of more than $1 billion if the Secretary of Energy (DOE) determines that the rule will result in significant adverse effects to the economy.

Requires the Administrator, for each such rule, to submit a report that contains: (1) an estimate of the total costs and benefits of the rule, (2) an estimate of the increases in energy prices that may result from implementation or enforcement of the rule, and (3) a detailed description of the employment effects that may result from implementation or enforcement of the rule.

Requires the Secretary: (1) to prepare an independent analysis to determine whether such rule will cause any increase in energy prices for consumers, any impact on fuel diversity of the nation's electricity generation portfolio or on electric reliability, or any adverse effect on energy supply, distribution, or use; and (2) upon making such a determination, to determine whether the rule will result in significant adverse effects to the economy and publish such determination in the Federal Register.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1363: Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1363/
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"S. 1363: Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1363/.
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S. 1363, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-1363/.
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