Energy Bills in Congress

Recent votes

• H.R. 9340 — Ratepayer Protection Act · 2 votes · latest: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected Senate 57–43 · 9/30/26 · Official source ↗

  The bill requires state utility regulators and nonregulated utilities to consider implementing a standard to hold certain large-load customers responsible for the costs associated with any generation, transmission, or distribution upgrade of electric service necessary to serve such customers.

• H.R. 1501 — Protecting Domestic Mining Act of 2025 · 1 vote · latest: Passed House 218–201 · 9/2/26 · Official source ↗

  This bill provides statutory authority for federal agencies to expedite the environmental review of certain mining infrastructure projects.

• H.R. 5587 — Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources Act of 2026 · 1 vote · latest: Passed House 231–186 · 4/23/26 · Official source ↗

  This bill exempts certain geothermal activities on state and private lands (except Indian lands) from drilling permit requirements as well as environmental and historic preservation review requirements.

• H.R. 4690 — Reliable Federal infrastructure Act · 2 votes · latest: Passed House 215–202 · 4/22/26 · Official source ↗

  This bill repeals certain energy efficiency performance standards for new federal buildings and federal buildings undergoing major renovations.

• S. 1020 — A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend the time p… · 1 vote · latest: Passed House 394–14 · 4/21/26 · Official source ↗

  This act authorizes the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to extend construction deadlines for hydropower projects that were issued a license before March 13, 2020.