[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 94 (Wednesday, June 3, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S2536]
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  SA 5521. Mr. BENNET submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title 
II of S. Con. Res. 33; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. ___. DISPATCHABLE ENERGY REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN UTILITY 
                   MERGERS.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the merger 
     of 2 or more utilities would result in a utility with a 
     generating capacity greater than 70 gigawatts, each Federal 
     agency reviewing the merger shall withhold all relevant 
     approvals relating to the merger until the persons seeking 
     those approvals demonstrate to the satisfaction of the 
     Federal agency that more than 30 percent of the installed 
     generating capacity is dispatchable clean energy produced or 
     provided, as applicable, by renewable resources, such as 
     wind, solar, hydropower, or other renewable resources, 
     geothermal energy, nuclear energy, or battery or other energy 
     storage resources.
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