119th Congress (2025-2026)

HR 9630

BILL Drivers Act

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119th Congress (2025-2026)

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Bill overview

The BILL Drivers Act directs the Energy Information Administration (EIA) to analyze and report on the components of electricity costs for residential and small business customers across all states. The report will detail changes in generation, transmission, distribution, taxes, and state policy costs over the past seven years, aiming to provide consumers and policymakers with a clearer understanding of what drives their electricity bills. This analysis will be conducted neutrally across different electricity market structures and leverage existing data sources.

Key provisions

The EIA will analyze changes in electricity cost components (generation, transmission, distribution, taxes, and state policies) for residential and small business customers in each state over the past 7 years.
The analysis will distinguish between Federal, State, and local policy-related costs.
The EIA will consider load growth trends from the most recent Long-Term Reliability Assessment.
The report will be published in a consumer-friendly format on the EIA and Commission websites.
The analysis will leverage publicly available data from the EIA and independent market monitors.
The analysis is designed to be neutral across different electricity market structures.
The Act clarifies definitions related to key terms such as ‘Administrator,’ ‘Commission,’ and ‘electricity cost component.’
The report will include a summary of how load growth and reliability findings relate to electricity cost trends.

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2026-07-09House

Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

2026-07-09

Introduced in House

2026-07-09

Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS — 2d Session

H. R. 9630

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

A BILL

To direct the Energy Information Administration to conduct an analysis and publish a report on changes in the principal electricity cost components reflected in retail electricity bills for residential customers and small business customers in each State, and for other purposes.

1.Short title

This Act may be cited as the

Better Information through Line-item Labeling Drivers Act

or the

BILL Drivers Act

2.Findings

Congress finds the following:

(1)Residential customers and small business customers in many States have experienced material increases in electricity bills driven by multiple, identifiable factors, including electricity generation, transmission, and distribution costs, State and local public policy requirements, and taxes.

(2)

Publicly available analyses produced by independent market monitors for Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators demonstrate that electricity costs can be disaggregated into discrete, transparent cost components at a point in time using existing data and methodologies.

(3)

While such component level data exists, it is not consistently presented to customers or policymakers in a standardized, accessible format that clearly identifies the relative magnitude and comparative contribution of each cost driver to electricity bills.

(4)A clear, point in time identification of electricity cost components will assist customers and policymakers in understanding the cost drivers of electricity bills, without altering retail ratemaking authority or assigning cost responsibility to individual electric utilities.

3.Energy Information Administration analysis of electricity cost components

(a)In general

The Administrator, in consultation with the Commission, shall conduct and publish a standardized analysis, for each State, of changes over the preceding 7-year period in the principal electricity cost components reflected in retail electricity bills for residential customers and small business customers.

(b)ContentsThe analysis conducted under this section shall, at a minimum—

(1)identify changes, for each State, over the preceding 7-year period in each electricity cost component identified as applicable by the Administrator, including—

(A)generation costs, including all costs incurred to generate or procure electric energy and resource adequacy necessary to serve customer load, regardless of whether such costs are recovered through competitive wholesale markets or cost of service regulation;

(B)

transmission-related costs;

(C)electricity distribution costs;

(D)

State and local taxes and fees, including—

(i)

sales and use taxes on electricity;

(ii)

gross receipts taxes; and

(iii)municipal utility taxes and other miscellaneous fees imposed by State or local governments as determined by the Administrator; and

(E)

State policy cost components;

(2)

distinguish, to the extent practicable, among Federal, State, and local policy-related costs, including taxes and public policy mandates; and

(3)

assess, to the extent practicable, the impacts of large load additions, including data centers, on electricity cost trends.

(c)Market structure neutrality

In conducting the analysis under this section, the Administrator shall identify electricity cost components in such a manner that enables comparison across States with differing electricity market structures, including States served by vertically integrated utilities and States with restructured or competitive retail electricity markets.

(d)Data sources

In conducting the analysis under this section, the Administrator shall leverage publicly available data, including—

(1)

Energy Information Administration Form 861 and related data sets; and

(2)

publicly available reports and analyses produced by independent market monitors for Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators, where applicable.

(e)Consultation with the CommissionThe Commission shall provide technical assistance to the Administrator with respect to wholesale electricity, capacity, transmission, and ancillary services cost trends and related data under the Commission’s jurisdiction, including in regions with organized wholesale markets.

(f)Report to CongressNot later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on the results of the analysis conducted under this section.

4.Regional reliability and cost context

(a)In general

In conducting the analysis under section 3, the Administrator shall consider relevant findings from the most recent Long-Term Reliability Assessment published by the Electric Reliability Organization pursuant to section 215(g) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o(g)) regarding load growth, resource adequacy, and transmission needs.

(b)SubmissionThe Administrator shall summarize how the findings described in subsection (a) relate to electricity cost trends and include such summary in the report submitted to Congress under section 3.

(c)Coordination and use of existing dataNothing in this section shall be construed to require the Electric Reliability Organization to conduct a new assessment or to duplicate any existing reliability or adequacy study.

5.Publication and transparency

The Commission and the Administrator shall publish the results of the analysis conducted under section 3 in a clear, consumer-friendly format on the website of the Commission, and the website of the Energy Information Administration, respectively.

6.Definitions

In this Act:

(1)Administrator

The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Energy Information Administration.

(2)Commission

The term Commission means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

(3)Electric consumerThe term electric consumer has the meaning given such term in section 3(5) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2602(5)).

(4)Electricity cost componentThe term electricity cost component means an identifiable category of costs incurred to generate electricity, or procure, deliver, or administer electric service to residential customers, commercial customers, or industrial customers, which may be recovered through wholesale market transactions, bundled cost-of-service rates, or other regulatory mechanisms, including—

(A)

electricity generation, capacity, transmission, and delivery, as applicable;

(B)

ancillary services;

(C)

administrative charges;

(D)

State policy cost components; and

(E)

other cost categories as determined by the Administrator.

(5)Electric Reliability OrganizationThe term Electric Reliability Organization has the meaning given such term in section 215(a)(2) of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 824o(a)(2)).

(6)Independent System OperatorThe term Independent System Operator has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796).

(7)Regional Transmission OrganizationThe term Regional Transmission Organization has the meaning given such term in section 3 of the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 796).

(8)Residential customerThe term residential customer means an electric consumer that receives electric service for use in a private dwelling unit, including single family homes and individual dwelling units within multifamily buildings, and that falls within the residential sector classifications used by the Energy Information Administration in its official publications.

(9)Small business customerThe term small business customer means a nonresidential electric consumer that is not classified as an industrial customer and that falls within the commercial sector classifications used by the Energy Information Administration in its official publications.

(10)State policy cost component

The term State policy cost component means the portion of electricity costs attributable to requirements, charges, or obligations established under State law or regulation that affect the cost of providing electricity to electric consumers. State policy cost components include net metering requirements, renewable portfolio standards, and public benefits requirements.

(A)Net meteringThe term net metering means a service to an electric consumer under which electric energy generated by that electric consumer from an eligible on-site generating facility and delivered to the local distribution facilities may be used to offset electric energy provided by the electric utility to the electric consumer during the applicable billing period.

(B)Renewable portfolio standard

The term renewable portfolio standard means a State policy that requires or establishes a goal for electric utilities or other load serving entities to supply a specified minimum share of electricity sales from eligible renewable energy resources, as defined under State law.

(C)Public benefits requirementThe term public benefits requirement means a State established requirement, charge, rider, or assessment applied to electric service that, as determined by the Administrator, funds or supports legislatively or regulatorily authorized public interest objectives, including customer support mechanisms, energy efficiency programs, or similar purposes, regardless of the terminology used by the State, local, Tribal, or territorial governments.

7.Rule of construction

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to alter existing ratemaking authority, require changes to retail electricity rates, or assign cost responsibility to any specific electric utility or customer class.

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