HR 8448
Energy Affordability and Reliability Act of 2026
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Bill overview
This bill establishes an Office of Energy Affordability within the Department of Energy to review proposed regulations and policies related to energy transitions. The Office’s primary goal is to assess the impact of these policies on energy affordability and economic costs, ensuring reliable energy access and cost-effective solutions. It will provide advice to the Department of Energy and submit annual reports to Congress on its findings.
Key provisions
- Creates an Office of Energy Affordability within the Department of Energy.
- Requires the Office to review proposed energy regulations and policies.
- Directs the Office to analyze the effects of regulations on energy affordability and economic costs.
- Mandates the Office to recommend strategies to mitigate negative impacts on affordability.
- Sets a 30-day deadline for reviewing proposed regulations.
- Requires the Office to submit annual reports to Congress.
- Defines ‘energy affordability’ as the cost of energy relative to consumer income or operational costs.
- Specifies the congressional committees that will receive the Office’s reports.
Who is affected
- Consumers
- Energy Sector
- Department of Energy
- Congressional Committees
- Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Consumers
Notable changes
- Establishes a dedicated office to specifically monitor the affordability of energy.
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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session
H. R. 8448
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
A BILL
To establish an Office of Energy Affordability within the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
This Act may be cited as the Energy Affordability and Reliability Act of 2026
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review each proposed regulation or policy of the Department of Energy that would require, or otherwise relates to, a transition between types of energy or sources of energy, to determine whether such regulation or policy—
incorporates transparent and rigorous analysis of the short-term and long-term effects of such regulation or policy on energy affordability and on related economic costs;
includes strategies to ensure that such regulation or policy does not negatively affect energy affordability and that related economic costs are mitigated; and
shall complete the review of each proposed regulation or policy pursuant to such subsection by not later than 30 days after the date on which the Office receives notice of such proposed regulation or policy; and
may not prevent the issuance of any regulation or policy.
recommendations for the strategies specified in subsection (b)(1)(B).
In this section—
The term appropriate congressional committees
means—
the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and
energy affordabilitymeans the cost of energy transmitted to a residential, commercial, or industrial consumer proportional to the income or operational costs of such consumer.