[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8002 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8002

To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require 
  States to consider measures that limit the amount of retail utility 
  rate increases a utility company can request to once every 365 days.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 15, 2024

   Mr. Harder of California introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to require 
  States to consider measures that limit the amount of retail utility 
  rate increases a utility company can request to once every 365 days.

    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 the Rate Hikes Act''.

SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION OF MEASURES TO CAP RETAIL UTILITY RATE INCREASES 
              TO ONCE A YEAR.

    Section 111(d) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(22) Cap on retail utility rate increases to once a 
        year.--Each electric utility shall request no more than one 
        rate increase once per year.''.
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