Affordable Power for Host Communities Act

This bill adds a new federal standard to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 under which electric utilities would charge customers in a "host county" 20 percent less than customers of the same class outside such counties. A host county is a county containing a generation facility of at least 5 megawatts that sells power to local distribution systems and places burdens on the county, such as land use, water, wildfire, or environmental compliance burdens; hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, solar, and wind facilities are included. State regulators and nonregulated utilities must begin considering the standard within 1 year and make a decision within 2 years. States that already adopted, considered, or voted on a similar standard are exempt from these deadlines.

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Sponsors

• James Gallagher Republican sponsor
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