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Energy and permitting bills split the Rules Committee along state-authority and cost lines
Summary
Republican sponsors argued three energy bills (HR 3,628; HR 3,638; HR 3,668) are necessary to restore grid reliability and fix supply-chain obstacles; Democrats warned the measures would raise consumer prices, strip state Clean Water Act authority and substitute federal oversight for state review.
Representative Latta, sponsor for the Energy and Commerce package, told the Rules Committee that premature retirements of baseload power plants, unprecedented growth in demand (including from data centers and AI) and supply-chain shortages have created a reliability and affordability crisis. He said HR 3,628 would require state public utility commissions to “consider” standards that prioritize reliable and dispatchable generation and that HR 3,638 would direct the Department of Energy to perform periodic assessments of the electric supply chain.
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