State Energy Accountability Act

This bill amends a federal utility law to add a new standard for state utility regulators. Each state regulator that enforces a policy requiring utilities to get part of their electricity from sources that cannot run continuously for 30 days (called an intermittent energy policy) would conduct and publish an evaluation. The evaluation would cover effects on grid reliability over 10 years, the ability to meet demand during emergencies and extreme weather, effects on electricity rates, whether retired plants can be replaced with equivalent capacity, and reliance on out-of-state power. State regulators would have 1 year after enactment to decide whether to adopt the standard, and those that adopt it would publish the evaluation within 1 year of that decision or of adopting such a policy.

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Sponsors

• Nicholas A. Langworthy Republican sponsor
• 2 cosponsors