Ethics in Energy Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4785 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4785 To direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to prohibit covered utilities from recovering covered expenses from ratepayers, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 29, 2025 Ms. Castor of Florida (for herself, Ms. Matsui, Ms. McClellan, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Thanedar, and Ms. Tlaib) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to prohibit covered utilities from recovering covered expenses from ratepayers, 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 ``Ethics in Energy Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) Centralized service company.--The term ``centralized service company'' has the meaning given the term in section 367.1(a) of title 18, Code of Federal Regulations (or a successor regulation). (2) Commission.--The term ``Commission'' means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (3) Covered expense.--The term ``covered expense'' means a direct or indirect expense paid by a covered utility to-- (A) an external entity to perform political influence activities; (B) a centralized service company, parent company, or other corporate affiliate-- (i) to perform a political influence activity; and (ii) that invoices that covered utility for the expenses related to that political influence activity; or (C) an employee of that covered utility, in the form of a salary, that performs a political influence activity. (4) Covered utility.--The term ``covered utility'' means-- (A) a