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S. 5306 119th Congress Senate

Affordable Electricity Rates Act of 2026

Official title: A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to consider the effects of Commission-jurisdictional rates on the aff… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to consider the effects of Commission-jurisdictional rates on the affordability of electricity for consumers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 6, 2026 Introduced by: Richard Blumenthal Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Aug 6, 2026
Introduced in Senate
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 5306: Affordable Electricity Rates Act of 2026. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5306/
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"S. 5306: Affordable Electricity Rates Act of 2026." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5306/.
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S. 5306, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5306/.
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[S. 5306: Affordable Electricity Rates Act of 2026](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-5306/)
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