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Utility Hikes Transparency Act
To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish and maintain the National Utility Rate Change Tracker, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill requires the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to create and maintain a public online database called the National Utility Rate Change Tracker that provides information about utility rate changes for gas and electric utilities. The tracker must include details such as the utility name, services provided, state, impact on residential bills, number of affected customers, approval date, reasons for the change, and links to regulatory filings. The database will be searchable by ZIP code, address, state, and city, and updated quarterly with information gathered from public sources and state regulatory agencies. The Commission must also publish a methodology document explaining how the information is collected, standardized, and made searchable, and how gaps or conflicts in data are handled.
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- May 20, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- May 20, 2026 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 20, 2026
Mr. Vindman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to establish and maintain the National Utility Rate Change Tracker, 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 “Utility Hikes Transparency Act”.
SEC. 2. NATIONAL UTILITY RATE CHANGE TRACKER.
(a) Establishment.—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commission shall establish and maintain online a publicly accessible, searchable database, to be known as the National Utility Rate Change Tracker, containing information on approved and effective covered utility rate changes.
(b) Data Points.—The National Utility Rate Change Tracker established under subsection (a) shall contain, with respect to each approved or effective rate change for a covered utility, the following information:
(1) The name of the covered utility.
(2) The services provided by the covered utility.
(3) The State in which the rate change is applicable.
(4) The impact of the rate change—
(A) in dollar and percentage change, to the average residential monthly bill; and
(B) on total revenue of the covered utility.
(5) The total number of customers impacted by the rate change.
(6) The date the rate change was approved.
(7) A link to the relevant docket for the rate change.
(8) The primary reason or reasons provided for the rate change.
(9) The effective date of the rate change.
(c) Quarterly Updates.—The Commission shall update information on the National Utility Rate Change Tracker on each date that is the last day of a calendar year quarter.
(d) Data Sources.—In updating information on the National Utility Rate Change Tracker, the Commission shall, to the extent practicable—
(1) use publicly available information; and
(2) enter into data-sharing agreements with State regulatory authorities.
(e) Searchability.—The National Utility Rate Change Tracker shall be searchable by ZIP Code, address, State, and city.
(f) Methodology Document.—The Commission shall publish and maintain with National Utility Rate Change Tracker a plain-language methodology explaining how information contained in the National Utility Rate Change Tracker is collected, standardized, and labeled, including how gaps or conflicts in information are handled.
(g) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) Commission.—The term “Commission” means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
(2) Covered utility.—The term “covered utility” means a gas utility (as defined in section 302 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3202)) or electric utility that sells electric energy to electric consumers (as defined in section 3 of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2602)). <all>
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