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119-hr-5765119th Congress

Affordable, Reliable, Clean Energy Security Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12]

Introduced

Summary

Establishes uniform federal definitions for 'affordable', 'reliable', and 'clean' energy. It requires agencies to adopt those definitions across regulations, grants, guidance, and policies and to publish short-timeline reports showing how the terms are incorporated.

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  • Federal agencies (Department of Energy, Department of the Interior, Environmental Protection Agency) must identify related rules and programs within 90 days, adopt the definitions into regulations, grants, guidance, and policies, and submit public Incorporation Reports within 180 days.
  • The Act defines "clean" to include energy listed in section 203(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, nuclear reactors, and combustion of hydrocarbons that meet Clean Air Act standards. It defines "reliable" as having at least a 60% Effective Load Carrying Capability.
  • Identification and Incorporation Reports must be published on the DOE, Interior, and EPA public websites, increasing transparency about how federal programs treat affordability, reliability, and cleanliness.

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Standard federal definitions for affordable, reliable, clean energy

If enacted, the bill would set standard meanings for "affordable," "reliable," and "clean" energy. Affordable would mean low-cost power that counts full system costs. Reliable would mean 60%+ Effective Load Carrying Capability, not intermittent, and not normally hit by weather, except routine maintenance. Clean would include sources in the 2005 Energy Policy Act, nuclear, and hydrocarbon power that meets Clean Air Act limits, including natural gas. Within 90 days after enactment, DOE, Interior, and EPA would post a list of related rules and grants. Within 90 days after sending that list to Congress, they would update those materials and, by day 180, post a progress report on their websites. These steps could shift which projects get federal support; most households would see indirect effects, not new duties.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12]

OH • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Moore, Riley M. [R-WV-2]

    WV • R

    Sponsored 10/24/2025

Roll Call Votes

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