119 HR 5464 IH: Net Metering Protection Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-09-18 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I119th CONGRESS1st SessionH. R. 5464IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESSeptember 18, 2025Mr. Hernández introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and CommerceA BILLTo prohibit congressionally established entities from preventing the implementation or enforcement of net metering service standards, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Net Metering Protection Act.

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Prohibition of actions to prevent implementation or enforcement of net metering service standards

(a)

Prohibition

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a State regulatory authority or nonregulated electric utility determines it is appropriate to implement the standard under section 111(d)(11) of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2621(d)(11)), no commission, board, or other entity established by Congress may prohibit or otherwise obstruct such implementation or the enforcement of such standard by that State regulatory authority or nonregulated electric utility. (b)

Definitions

In this section, the terms nonregulated electric utility and State regulatory authority have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2602).