METRIC Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 7607 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7607 To study and modernize the measurement and reporting of United States energy use, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 20, 2026 Mr. Casten (for himself, Ms. Castor of Florida, and Mr. Cleaver) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To study and modernize the measurement and reporting of United States energy use, 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 ``Modernizing EIA Tracking and Reporting to Increase Consistency Act'' or the ``METRIC Act''. SEC. 2. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS. (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to improve the energy performance, transparency, and decision-making of the United States by modernizing how the United States measures and accounts for gross amount of energy input into the national energy system. (b) Findings.--Congress finds that-- (1) historical measures of primary energy were developed for economies dominated by combustion-based fuels and do not accurately capture the efficiency or system value of noncombustion energy sources; (2) differences in how primary energy are measured across fuel and renewable systems obscure trends in electrification, decarbonization, and energy productivity, hindering effective policymaking and misinforming researchers, market participants, and the public; and (3) enhancing national energy accounting through improved data collection, modeling, and transparency will strengthen evidence-based policymaking, support market efficiency, and better align United States statistics with