To establish requirements for when the Secretary of Energy may provide financial assistance to regulated investor owned electric utilities, and for other purposes.

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7926 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7926 To establish requirements for when the Secretary of Energy may provide financial assistance to regulated investor owned electric utilities, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 12, 2026 Ms. Stevens introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To establish requirements for when the Secretary of Energy may provide financial assistance to regulated investor owned electric utilities, 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 ``Stop Unfair Electricity Prices Act''. SEC. 2. PRESERVING ENERGY AFFORDABILITY. (a) One Year Moratorium on Providing Financial Assistance to Certain Investor Owned Electric Utilities.-- (1) Requirement.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law relating to the provision of financial assistance by the Secretary, during the period of 1 year that begins on the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary may not provide any financial assistance to a regulated investor owned electric utility that, after the date of enactment of this section, charges residential electric consumers a rate for electricity above the rate for electricity charged by the utility to residential electric consumers on January 1, 2026. (2) Termination of financial assistance.--A regulated investor owned electric utility to which the Secretary provides financial assistance during the period of 1 year that begins on the date of enactment of this section may not charge residential electric consumers a rate for electricity above the rate for electricity char