Affordable Power for Host Communities Act

James Gallagher

Republican · CA · Representative

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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

2026-10-05

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 10738 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 10738 To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require consideration of discounting rates for providing electric service to electric consumers in counties in which certain generation facilities are located, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 5, 2026 Mr. Gallagher introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require consideration of discounting rates for providing electric service to electric consumers in counties in which certain generation facilities are located, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Affordable Power for Host Communities Act''. SEC. 2. DISCOUNTED RATES FOR HOST COUNTIES. (a) Federal Standard.--Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(22) Discounted rates for host counties.-- ``(A) Discounted rates.--Rates charged by any electric utility for providing electric service to a class of electric consumers shall be discounted by 20 percent for electric consumers in such class who are provided electric service in a host county compared to rates charged by such electric utility for providing electric service to electric consumers in such class who are provided electric service outside of a host county. ``(B) Definitions.--In this paragraph: ``(i) Host county.--The term `host county' means a county in which a covered generation facility is located. ``(ii) Covered generation facility.--The term `covered generation facility'-- ``(I) means a facility that-- ``(aa) generates electric energy that is delivered to local distribution facilities and sold; ``(bb) has a nameplate capacity of at least 5 megawatts; and ``(cc) imposes operational, environmental, or infrastructure burdens, including land use restrictions, water management constraints, wildfire risk associated with transmission infrastructure, environmental compliance obligations, on the county in which such facility is located; and ``(II) includes hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, solar, and wind generation facilities and associated Federal or State-owned infrastructure.''. (b) Obligations To Consider and Determine.-- (1) Time limitations.--Section 112(b) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(9)(A) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which the State has ratemaking authority) and each nonregulated electric utility shall commence consideration under section 111, or set a hearing date for consideration, with respect to the standard established by paragraph (22) of section 111(d). ``(B) Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, each State regulatory authority (with respect to each electric utility for which the State has ratemaking authority), and each nonregulated electric utility shall complete the consideration and make the determination under section 111 with respect to the standard established by paragraph (22) of section 111(d).''. (2) Failure to comply.--Section 112(c) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``In the case of the standard established by paragraph (22) of section 111(d), the reference contained in this subsection to the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of that paragraph (22).''. (3) Prior state actions.--Section 112 of the Public…

Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2622) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(i) Prior State Actions.--Subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to the standard established by paragraph (22) of section 111(d) in the case of any electric utility in a State if, before the date of enactment of this subsection-- ``(1) the State has implemented for the electric utility the standard (or a comparable standard); ``(2) the State regulatory authority for the State or the relevant nonregulated electric utility has conducted a proceeding to consider implementation of the standard (or a comparable standard) for the electric utility; or ``(3) the State legislature has voted on the implementation of the standard (or a comparable standard) for the electric utility during the 3-year period ending on that date of enactment.''. (c) Prior and Pending Proceedings.--Section 124 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2634) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``In the case of the standard established by paragraph (22) of section 111(d), the reference contained in this section to the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of enactment of that paragraph (22).''. <all>

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