POWER Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1149 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1149 To require retail electric utilities to notify electric consumers of rate increases, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2025 Mr. Van Drew introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require retail electric utilities to notify electric consumers of rate increases, 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 ``Protecting Our Wallets from Excessive Rates Act'' or the ``POWER Act''. SEC. 2. NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PLANNED RATE INCREASES. (a) Public Notification and Justification Requirement.-- (1) Notification to electric consumers.--A retail electric utility that intends to increase any rate applicable to electric consumers shall, in accordan…