S. 4559 119th Congress Senate

Energy Cost Fairness and Reliability Act of 2026

Official title: A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue a final rule relating to the interconnection of large load f… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to issue a final rule relating to the interconnection of large load facilities with the transmission system, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 18, 2026 Introduced by: Adam B. Schiff Democratic · California See on congress.gov

Energy

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May 18, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 21

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)
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. AND AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS
for AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. AND AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS · 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)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
21 filings
SENATE
21 filings
Energy, Dept of
10 filings
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
9 filings
Treasury, Dept of
9 filings
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
6 filings
White House Office
6 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
5 filings

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4559: Energy Cost Fairness and Reliability Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4559/

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"S. 4559: Energy Cost Fairness and Reliability Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4559/.

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S. 4559, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-4559/.

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