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US HB6357

Bill

Status

Introduced

12/2/2025

Primary Sponsor

Steve Cohen

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Origin

House of Representatives

119th Congress

AI Summary

  • Establishes an Office of Public Participation within the Tennessee Valley Authority to engage with the public through outreach and education, with hiring authority retained by the TVA Board rather than delegated to staff

  • Requires the Office to create a public engagement process for TVA's integrated resource planning within 1 year of enactment, including opportunities for intervention, discovery, filed comments, testimony, and evidentiary hearings

  • Mandates a public comment period beginning at least 100 days before release of a draft integrated resource plan, with TVA required to respond to discovery requests from intervenors within 15 days

  • Requires integrated resource plans to include long-term sales forecasts, transmission investment summaries, resource portfolio evaluations comparing demand-side and supply-side technologies, and sensitivity analyses on fuel costs and environmental regulations

  • Amends the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to add "resilience, extreme weather risk, impacts to public health" as factors TVA must consider in its least-cost planning program

Legislative Description

TVA IRP Act TVA Increase Rate of Participation Act

Energy

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.

2/2/2026

Committee Referrals

Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment2/2/2026
Transportation And Infrastructure12/2/2025

Full Bill Text

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