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H.R. 8568 119th Congress House

Lowering Utility Bills Act

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 transm… Show full official titleShow less

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.

Introduced: April 29, 2026 Introduced by: Greg Casar Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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Apr 29, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

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 Lobbying activity 23

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE
    for EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • PUGET SOUND ENERGY
    for PUGET SOUND ENERGY · Washington · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • XCEL ENERGY, INC
    for XCEL ENERGY INC · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • PPL CORPORATION
    for PPL CORPORATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • CAPITOL COUNSEL LLC
    for EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC
    for PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC · Oregon · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8568: Lowering Utility Bills Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8568/
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"H.R. 8568: Lowering Utility Bills Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8568/.
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H.R. 8568, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8568/.
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[H.R. 8568: Lowering Utility Bills Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-8568/)
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